WORM FISHING. 5Q 



and find the sure way to success is to 

 fish straight up in front of you. You 

 may certainly get an occasional fish by 

 casting off "the straight," but I have 

 always found that in fishing to the side 

 of me the trout follow the worm down- 

 stream ever so far without attempting to 

 take it, being suspicious that something 

 is attached to the bait. The buoyancy 

 of the gut, even in a foot of water, when 

 cast two or three yards off " the straight," 

 causes the worm to come down sideways, 

 and the trout quickly detect that it is 

 not natural. When rivers attain their 

 lowest summer level everything is in 

 favour of the trout, and unless you fish 

 correctly, creels will be practically " full 

 of emptiness." So I here repeat again, 

 fish straight up in front of you. 



THE CAST. 



The gut cast should be seven or eight 

 feet long with a few strands of fine drawn 



