106 WORM FISHING FOR TROUT. 



best fish by no means unfrequently meet with an 

 untimely end. To this unsportsmanlike method we 

 venture to assert that no true fisherman will devote 

 himself. Let there be clear water, clear weather, and 

 clear scope for observation, and man may with a 

 clear conscience pit his superior intelligence against 

 the animal instincts of the brute creation. 



Bush fishing, in some localities more correctly 

 termed bush fighting, is another type of worming 

 for trout. This, as the appellation implies, is the 

 plan adopted upon well-wooded streams or brooks, 

 which are practically inaccessible to the fly-fisher. 

 Here the angler adroitly pitches his lure in every 

 likely and unlikely looking nook, behind stones, by 

 the roots of overhanging bushes, under shelving 

 banks, etc. For the especial behoof of the novice 

 we would observe that great caution should be 

 exercised against uselessly scaring the fish from their 

 customary locations. Indiscretion in this respect will 

 spoil all chances of sport ; therefore every interposing 

 object, as bushes, etc., should be utilized, and the 

 rodster should invariably fish up stream, as by that 

 means not only will his bait act as herald in advance, 

 but he has the additional advantage of being able to 

 carefully take note of the particular position tenanted 

 by the fish, and to regulate his cast accordingly. For 

 bush fishing a short stiff rod is necessary, or it will 

 be found next to impossible to keep the fish out of 

 mischief when hooked. It is essentially necessary 

 that the capture should be consummated as early as 

 is consistent with the strength of the "tack." Of 



