70 ALL ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 



across stream in sharp jerks. Trout will 

 be found behind big stones. Also fish it 

 down a long rough stream, letting your line 

 out yard by yard until you get a long 

 length of line out. 



You often have good sport in this manner 

 in clear water, when all other kinds of 

 fishing are off. 



THE DROP MINNOW. 



Drop minnow fishing is another form of 

 angling which is very deadly and can be 

 practised in awkward corners, in deep 

 water or where it is overhung with trees 

 which it would be an impossibility to spin 

 over. There are different ways of baiting 

 in this mode of procedure. Personally I 

 use a single hook leaded round the shank, 

 and tied to a length of gut which is looped. 

 The way to bait is to hold the minnow in 

 the left hand between thumb and fore- 

 finger, take the baiting needle passed 

 through the loop of gut in the right hand 



