THE PRACTICAL ANGLER 



When the May-flies have been two or three weeks 

 on the water, or about the middle of June, they are 

 not to be found in such numbers ; the trout also do 

 not take them so readily, and filling even a twelve- 

 pound basket becomes rather difficult. The trout 

 have given up taking fly readily, and have not yet 

 begun to take worm ; they appear to be resting after 

 the high feeding they have enjoyed for the last six 

 weeks. Loch-fishing being now in its prime, the 

 angler would do well to give it a trial, as he will not 

 lose much by a ten days' absence from the rivers. In 

 these the worm and minnow in the morning, the fly 

 in the forenoon, and the minnow and fly in the 

 evening, will be found the best means of filling a 

 basket ; and in small waters and hill-burns trout will 

 now take the worm readily. 



From the middle to the end of June worm-fishing 

 commences, and from this period to the end of July 

 large basketsful of trout may be depended upon, no 

 matter what the state of weather or water. A good 

 arrangement for a day's trouting at this season is to 

 start very early in the morning the earlier the 

 better and fish down a few miles with the minnow, 

 and then fish back again with the worm ; or, if the 

 angler has not the gift of early rising, he may start 

 about breakfast time, taking his dinner with him, 

 and fish up with the worm and down again with the 

 minnow in the evening. 



About the beginning of August another change 

 begins to take place in the inclinations of the trout. 

 Unless the weather is showery, or particularly 



