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yards above the place, and allowed to come down 

 past it, if there is sufficient stream to carry it ; if not ; 

 it should be drawn gently down. A stoppage of the 

 line opposite the place will indicate the expected 

 event. In large rivers we have fished with great 

 success those places where the water is rapid but not 

 very rough, between a pool and a very strong stream. 

 Streams in the immediate neighbourhood of large 

 pools will generally be found the best, as the trout 

 come from the pools into the streams to feed. 



At some periods of the day trout will not take so 

 readily as at others, and there are times when they 

 seem to leave off altogether, and will take nothing. 

 The angler will generally find that, whatever he is 

 fishing with, trout take most freely during what is 

 usually called the time of the take, which generally 

 happens in the early part of the day, and may be 

 known by seeing the trout rising in numbers. It is 

 evidently then that they are feeding, and they will 

 take almost anything, but they leave off very 

 suddenly, and we have been catching at the rate of 

 three dozen trout an hour with the worm, when all at 

 once, in the very best part of the water, they ceased 

 taking our bait, and also rising at the natural insect, 

 and for the next half-hour we hardly stirred a fin. 

 After a time of almost total stoppage, they will 

 resume again, but not so freely as before. 



A showery day with occasional sunshine, or an 

 altogether sunny one without a cloud, is most 

 favourable, but an entirely wet day is also very 

 good. Very good sport may be had in calm 



