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condition of the water in all places where he hooks 

 a fish. He will thus gain a practical the only 

 useful knowledge of their habitats, which will 

 save him both much time and needless trouble in 

 his future efforts: for an experienced angler can 

 tell to a certainty where he ought to catch a fish. 



During June and July the worm takes very well 

 in the early hours of the morning, if the weather 

 be fine, and trout will then be found in shallow 

 streams and gentle runs. If the morning is cold, 

 they do not take freely ; and in this respect worm- 

 fishing resembles May-fly fishing, as neither usually 

 succeeds well until the sun comes out. From that 

 time on to one or three o'clock in the afternoon, 

 good sport may be had in both. Where worm has 

 done well in the early part of the day, there is 

 frequently a lull during the later hours. In June 

 I have often caught heavy baskets with the worm 

 before eight o'clock in the morning when the 

 weather was mild and warm, and it was no unusual 

 occurrence for the " take " to go off after that hour 

 for the rest of the day. Trout often take during a 

 moonlight night in June, if the weather be fine and 

 warm ; and the angler who is enthusiastic enough 

 to continue the sport then, will meet with them in 

 the thin water at the edges of gentle currents on 

 the channel side. After July the worm does not 

 do so well unless in flooded waters, or in burns 



