1 88 MINNOW AND PARR-TAIL FISHING. 



which it requires considerable practice to refrain 

 from doing, ten chances to one but he alarms the 

 trout; he should continue playing his minnow in 

 the same manner, and never lift it till it is close 

 to the edge. He must also avoid moving, as the 

 trout, having started from some place where it 

 could not see him, follows the minnow till it 

 comes within sight of him ; so long, however, as 

 he remains stationary there is nothing to alarm 

 it, but if he makes any movement it will bolt off 

 immediately. 



Even in shallow still water, if there is any pro- 

 jecting piece of bank which can afford shelter to a 

 trout, the angler may capture it if there is the least 

 ripple on the water, but such casts require to be 

 fished very carefully and without a sinker. In 

 rivers much fished with the minnow we frequently 

 get most trout in these out-of-the-way places, as 

 most anglers pass them over as unworthy of 

 notice. 



In small streams, when they are clear and low, 

 we have fished up stream with minnow with great 

 success. All still and even moderately-quiet waters 

 can be fished just as easily up stream as down, and 

 by adopting this method, using fine tackle without 

 a drag and small minnows, we have captured trout 

 in mill-caulds and other places with no stream in 

 them, when the sun was shining brightly and not 

 a ripple on the surface. Even in streams, if the 

 angler throws his minnow partly across and partly 



