The Compleat ^Angler 



Pise. Well, scholar, now we 

 are sat down and are at ease, I 

 shall tell you a little more of 

 trout-fishing, before I speak of 

 salmon (which I purpose shall be 

 next) and then of the pike or 

 luce. You are to 'know there is 

 night as well as day-fishing for 

 a trout, and that in the night the 

 best trouts come out of their 

 holes : and the manner of taking 

 them is on the top of the water, 

 with a great lob or garden-worm, 

 or rather two, which you are to 

 fish within a place where the 

 waters run somewhat quietly, for 

 in a stream the bait will not be 

 so well discerned. I say, in a 

 quiet or dead place, near to some 

 swift : there draw your bait over 

 the top of the water, to and fro ; 

 and if there be a good trout in 

 the hole he will take it, especially 

 if the night be dark ; for then 

 he is bold, and lies near the top 

 of the water, watching the motion 

 of any frog, or water-rat, or 

 mouse that swims between him 

 and the sky : these he hunts after 

 if he sees the water but wrinkle 

 or move in one of these dead 

 holes, where these great old trouts 

 usually lie near to their holds ; 

 for you are to note, that the 

 great old trout is both subtle and 

 fearful, and lies close all day, and 



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