2 1 6 Minnow- Fishing. 



the real bait, and my largest baskets with the 

 minnow have always fallen to the natural lure. 

 Fishing in the Clyde one cold and stormy day in 

 April, when the March brown was on the water, 

 and when the stream was black and heavy, I caught 

 with it 24 Ib. of trout between Clyde Bridge End, 

 below Abington, and " Johnstone's Pool " at Garf 

 Burn ; and on another occasion, with the same lure, 

 in Tweed, I killed 25 Ib. between Biggar Water 

 Foot and Stobo. 



In treating of the minnow, I have confined my 

 remarks entirely to day-fishing. The conditions of 

 successful angling with it and with other lures 

 during the night will be set forth in the next 

 chapter. 



