Fish and Fishing 



black-headed worm, found in good garden soil, 



is free from the knot which most worms have, and 



is rather dark in color. It is the most 



of a Wor C ms durabl of a11 worms. Then there 

 is the brantling, found in old dung- 

 hills or similar places. It may be known by its 

 rings, with a knot a little above the middle, 

 and it is somewhat flat. One objection to it 

 is its extreme softness. It is incapable of being 

 toughened. The marsh worm, when taken from 

 the earth, is of a pale-blue color with a whit- 

 ish knot a little above the centre. It is a very 

 small worm, and when kept long enough be- 

 comes a lively pink color and most killing for 

 dace, sunfish, and chub. It is the most plentiful, 

 and may be found in any garden among heaps of 

 decayed rubbish or leaves, and below stones. The 

 red-headed worm is only found plentifully in the 

 very richest soil about the edge of dunghills. It 

 is thick in proportion to its length, and is a dark- 

 red color down the back, pale blue underneath. 

 It is not so good as those before mentioned be- 

 cause it soon loses color after being a short time 

 in the water. It is best suited for perch, wall-eye, 

 and eels. A small, bright, clear worm is always 

 more enticing than a large, thick worm. It is a 

 great error to suppose that a large, thick worm 

 insures the capture of large-sized 

 fish; it is quite the reverse, as a 

 large worm will seldom capture 

 anything but some audacious little fellow. When 

 worms are newly dug they are so full of earth as to 

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