104 WHITE TROUT. 



I have said that the white trout is sufficiently 

 game ; by that, I mean that he gives most excel- 

 lent sport, running out many yards of line, jump- 

 ing out of the water three or four times in succes- 

 sion, to such a height as to bring your heart into 

 your mouth, and try all your skill, dashing hither 

 and thither, sometimes round the boat, sometimes 

 under it, but never sulking, never attempting to cut 

 the line or rub the hook out of its mouth, or take 

 any other unfair advantage of the honest angler, 

 but, when fairly beaten, admitting the fact, and 

 coming into the net without useless resistance. 



The best days for white trout fishing are rough, 

 stormy ones, the rougher and stormier indeed the 

 better. I have been out when four strong men 

 could with difficulty keep the boat's head to the 

 wind, or prevent her drifting bodily on to a lee- 

 shore ; but there is comparatively little art in 

 killing fish in such weather, they are certain to 

 hook themselves, and neither coarse tackle nor 

 rough flies will materially prejudice your sport. 

 When tlie sun shines bright, and the water is clear, 

 and the weather calm, it is a different thing alto- 

 gether ; fine tackle and good throwing are abso- 

 lutely essential ; and the longer the cast, the finer 

 the tackle, and the softer the fall of the fly on the 

 water, the better the result. 



