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and the angler should arrange so as to have the bulk 

 of his take by twelve o'clock ; but if the day is dark, 

 and the sun comes out about four P.M., or a mild 

 shower falls, very good sport may be had up to a late 

 hour in the evening. If the weather is favourable, 

 the angler cannot commence too early; trout will 

 take readily when there is only sufficient light to 

 bait a hook. A dry morning, with little dew, or 

 a rainy one, if it is warm, will generally be found 

 best ; but if there is much dew falling, or a thick 

 mist rising from the waters, trout will not take till 

 some time after the sun is up. Early in the morning 

 that is to say, before six or seven o'clock trout will 

 take worm readily in the streamy portions of the 

 pools, in water where there is not much chance of 

 success during the day. Numbers of trout, which 

 have been cruising about the shallows all night, have 

 not yet returned to the streams, but are lying in 

 the strong deep water. Morning fishing, however, 

 is very uncertain, and seven o'clock is quite early 

 enough to start. 



If trout have been taking readily in the early part 

 of the morning, a lull usually takes place for an hour 

 or so, about six or seven ; and if they have not been 

 taking in the morning, they generally commence 

 about that time. During the day, unless there is a 

 breeze of wind, little sport is to be had in the pools ; 

 but if there is a good ripple on them, very good sport 

 may be had in the shallow water towards their lower 

 end, as also in stretches of thin still water, which at 

 other times it would be useless fishing. The whole 



