1 86 MINNOW AND PARR-TATL FISHING. 



The time of a flood when trout take the minnow 

 most readily is when the water is just beginning 

 to rise, and is of a whitish colour. Then it is 

 that the large trout begin to bestir themselves, and 

 leave the banks and stones where they have been 

 hiding, when the waters were clear, to roam about 

 the sides of pools and the tails of streams ; and here 

 it is that the angler should look for them. When 

 the river is in full flood little can be done, but on 

 its beginning to subside, when the particles of mud 

 are settling, but the water is not yet of the dark 

 porter colour, trout will again take the minnow 

 readily, and in the same places the ebb sides of 

 pools, and tails of streams. When the waters are 

 in this state, large trout may sometimes be seen 

 rising at the fly close to the edge, on the deep side 

 of the water ; in such circumstances they will take 

 a minnow readily. Sufficient shot should be used 

 when the streams are swollen to keep the minnows 

 well under water, as by doing so it is more likely 

 to be seen, and the light being less the character 

 of the lure is not so easily detected. 



In flooded waters trout take the minnow during 

 the whole of the angling season, but more readily 

 in May, June, and July, than in any other months. 

 In May the forenoon is the best time, but in June 

 and July, if the weather is mild, the morning from 

 three to eight is usually the best time ; but if the 

 weather is stormy, trout will take most readily 

 during the dav. A flooded water during June or 



