152 ON ANGLING WITH THE WORM. 



sufficient to determine if there is any trout inclined 

 to take ; but if you get a bite you should of course 

 cast there again. 



In fishing streams, cast in the same direction as 

 in fishing pools ; but as the water is rougher, you 

 will not be so easily seen, and kneeling is unneces- 

 sary. You should always throw your worm a few 

 yards above where you think a trout is lying, as by. 

 the time the bait reaches it, it will be pretty well 

 sunk, and trout take a worm most readily near the 

 bottom. As you will invariably get most trout on 

 the opposite side of the water from where you are 

 standing, always keep on the side where you think 

 there are fewest trout lying. The practice adopted 

 by some anglers of wading up the centre of the 

 stream, and casting on both sides of them, answers 

 very well in large rivers, where there is plenty of 

 water to conceal the angler ; but in small rivers it 

 alarms the trout. Not that the trout, where the 

 angler casts his line, sees him ; but those about the 

 part of the water where he is standing run up and 

 alarm the others. The better plan is to fish the 

 side you are on as you approach, and then, if neces- 

 sary, wade in to fish the opposite. But on all occa- 

 sions, make as little disturbance and keep as little 

 line in the water as possible. 



With regard to the season when worm-fishing 

 commences, a few trout may be taken with the 

 worm in April and May ; but at this season there 

 is no inducement to use it, as trout take fly much 



