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placing the shot between them about eight 

 inches above the first hook. When the waters 

 are very thick, worms will generally be found 

 most enticing if newly taken from the earth, as in 

 such circumstances trout are guided to them more 

 by scent than sight, and a newly-dug worm has a 

 much stronger smell than a long kept one. 



The parts of the stream where sport may be ex- 

 pected in flooded waters are quite different from 

 those which have been indicated as being suitable 

 when the waters are reduced. Whenever a river 

 begins to flood, trout seek the shallow sides of 

 pools, and the thin and comparatively quiet water 

 at the tails of streams, and in these places they will 

 take the worm readily, until the river gets very 

 large and thick, when they do not take readily, and 

 lie in the eddies a few feet from the edge, keeping 

 as much as possible out of reach of the current. 

 The time when the particles of mud in the water 

 begin to settle, and the water is of a brown colour, 

 is the best of any. The trout now begin to move 

 a little farther out, but are still in the moderately 

 quiet water, and here the angler must still look for 

 them. 



There is no occasion for fishing up in a flooded 

 water ; the thickness of the water prevents the trout 

 from seeing the angler ; and the best plan is to 

 commence at the top of a pool or stream, keeping 

 on the shallow side, and throwing in your bait, 

 follow it down to the foot, when you may repeat 



