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also, particularly if the day is sunny, they will be 

 found in thin quiet streams, and every run of 

 water detached from the main current should be 

 fished with great care. The best of all casts, 

 however, are those where the river runs beneath 

 the bank. When the waters continue small and 

 clear for any length of time, the large trout become 

 alarmed and seek for shelter, and it is in such 

 places they are to be found. 



In a stretch of thin, quiet, exposed water, you 

 may depend upon every projecting piece of bank 

 and every large stone sheltering a trout; and if 

 there is a breeze you have every chance of secur- 

 ing some of them. The worm should be thrown 

 about two yards above the place, and allowed to 

 come down past it, if there is sufficient stream to 

 carry it ; if not, it should be drawn gently down. 

 A stoppage of the line opposite the place will 

 indicate the expected event. In large rivers we 

 have fished with great success those places where 

 the water is rapid but not very rough, between a 

 pool and a very strong stream. Streams in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of large pools will gene- 

 rally be found the best, as the trout come from the 

 pools into the streams to feed. 



At some periods of the day trout will not take 

 so readily as at others, and there are times when 

 they seem to leave off altogether, and will take 

 nothing. The angler will generally find that, 

 whatever he is fishing with, trout take most freely 



