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till six or seven the minnow will frequently be 

 found the best ; and a very good plan is to fish up 

 with the creeper and fly, and then back over the 

 same ground with the minnow. If neither the 

 creeper, fly, nor minnow will take, recourse must be 

 had to the worm ; but this is rarely the case, and 

 unless on the occasion of a full flood, the angler may 

 never have occasion to use the worm till the end of 

 June. When the waters are in full flood recourse 

 must be had to the worm ; and when they are rising 

 or again falling, from the time that the particles of 

 the mud begin to subside until the waters become of 

 a dark porter colour, the minnow will be found very 

 deadly. The worm and the minnow should be used 

 the whole season through when the waters are in the 

 state just mentioned, but when they become of a 

 dark porter colour the lures appropriate to the 

 season come into play ; and in May, in such a case, 

 reliance can always be placed upon the fly. 



About the middle of the month the May-fly makes 

 its appearance, and with it the angler will have no 

 difficulty in filling his basket. In streams where the 

 May-fly is not to be had, the angler should use worm 

 and minnow in the morning, and whenever he 

 observes the trout rising at the natural insect change 

 to the fly. The minnow will again be found effec- 

 tive in the evening. Even in streams where May- 

 flies abound, minnow or worm will sometimes take 

 better than they do early in the morning, and if the 

 weather is very dark and stormy, the minnow will 

 frequently be found most effective all day. 



