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fly, the spinning-minnow is always fished down- 

 stream at night, and worked more slowly through 

 the water than in daylight. It will thus not only 

 move at a pace more in keeping with the slower 

 movements of the fish at night, but as the result of 

 this leisurely spinning is to sink the bait, it will be 

 brought within their notice and their reach when 

 they are not feeding on the surface, while at the 

 same time a better hold will be obtained of those 

 that honour it with their regard. In deep quiet 

 pools, the bait, though still worked slowly, must 

 nevertheless be kept from fixing itself on the 

 bottom by more frequent movements of the wrist 

 during each cast. The artificial minnow cannot be 

 recommended for good night-fishing. 



In its own season the May-fly is sometimes a 

 killing bait at night, but even then the other lures 

 may share the sport with it. The most favourable 

 conditions obtain when the night is calm and dull, 

 but not cold. The natural insect is then fished 

 with a light line so as to keep it floating on the 

 surface, not after the manner of daping in which the 

 wind carries the fly, but by leaving it entirely to 

 the action of the current. Cast in comparatively 

 still water, in pools and tails of pools, and in 

 shallow reaches of the river where the trout are 

 wont to roam at night in search of food. 



The only other expedient of the night-fisher is the 



