CHAPTER V. 

 WORM FISHING. 



UP-STREAM worm fishing in low, clear 

 waters proves very deadly during the 

 summer months, especially in hot weather, 

 and, providing there is no mist on the 

 water, trout will take the worm freely from 

 daybreak at early morning until evening 

 during intervals. Towards the middle of 

 June trout will be found in the strong and 

 shallow streams at different periods through 

 the day. As the days of June creep on 

 insects abound on the river in myriads, and 

 trout seemingly lose all taste for them, as 

 they hover round the surface of the water 

 little heeded by the fish, whereas if a worm 

 is presented it is immediately seized. This 

 mode of fishing is becoming more popular, 



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