154 ON AN.GLING WITH THE WORM. 



that dread of the fly-fisher, does little harm here. 

 We never found trout taking better than one day 

 in Gala during a thunder-storm, when we captured 

 22\ Ibs. of trout, and they continued taking as 

 readily as ever, till about one o'clock, when sud- 

 denly the water, which before had been clear, came 

 down quite thick and muddy, and put an end to 

 further sport. 



The first part of the day is undoubtedly the best, 

 and the angler should arrange so as to have the bulk 

 of his take by twelve o'clock ; but if the day is dark 

 and the sun comes out about four P.M., or a mild 

 shower falls, very good sport may be had up to a 

 late hour in the evening. If the weather is favour- 

 able, the angler cannot commence too early ; trout 

 will take readily when there is only sufficient light 

 to bait a hook. A dry morning, with little dew, 

 or a rainy one, ! if it is warm, will generally be 

 found best ; but if there is much dew falling, or a 

 thick mist rising from the ^waters, trout will not 

 take till some time after the sun is up. Early in 

 the morning that is to say, before six or seven 

 o'clock trout will take worm readily in the streamy 

 portions of the pools, in water where there is not 

 much chance of success during the day. Numbers 

 of trout, which have been cruising about the shallows 

 all night, have not yet returned to the streams, but 

 are lying in the strong deep water. Morning fish- 

 ing, however, is very uncertain, and seven o'clock is 

 quite early enough to start. 



