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Several other good baskets of trout were 

 made that day." 



Sir Henry Pottinger refers to two TWO deadly 

 deadly modes of catching trout in hot outfishing 

 weather, not very far removed from 

 poaching, and indeed interdicted on some 

 waters reserved for the fly, yet very 

 tempting when not a fish can be moved 

 by more sporting means. Both of these 

 may be said to depend on sunshine in 

 great measure for their success. The 

 first of them is upstream worm-fishing, 

 which is most successful on the hottest 

 and brightest days, with the water very 

 low and clear. " In this style, which is 

 in vogue among professional fishermen 

 in the north of England, the fisherman 

 wades cautiously up the bed of the 

 stream, and, with a rather stiff rod, flicks 

 his bait a short distance in front of him, 

 letting it run down with the current." 

 The other style, likewise helped by heat 

 and sunshine, is known as "shade-fish- 

 ing," in which, during the hottest days, 

 " the angler creeps along the bank of the 



