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and equally well scoured, whether for fishing in 

 clear or in flooded waters the only difference being 

 that they should be smaller for a clear water and 

 larger for a discoloured one. They are most con- 

 venient for use at the water-side, when carried in 

 a flannel bag. The angler should never start on 

 a day's bait-fishing without seeing that his worms 

 are perfect in condition and abundant in quantity. 

 Better carry too many than too few. Next to 

 having none at all when the water is suitable, there 

 is nothing so tantalising to the expectant angler 

 as to possess an insufficient or a badly prepared 

 supply. It will not only prove a source of much 

 worry and discontent every time a fresh bait is 

 required and that may be pretty often but it 

 will likewise destroy every chance of a heavy 

 basket, even should the trout be in a "taking" 

 mood. 



Burns often furnish abundant sport to the worm- 

 fisher when they are clear, but more often when 

 they are flooded. The amount of skill required to 

 fish them with effect is even less than would be 

 deemed sufficient for successful worm-fishing in a 

 flooded river. In most cases the angler has simply 

 to keep himself well out of sight, drop his bait 

 gently in, and leave the trout to complete the 

 business : and generally said trout won't be long 

 about it ; for his straitened circumstances necessi- 



