Bottom Fishing for Brook Trout 



ply nothing more than a plentiful supply 

 of worms chopped up and at times thrown 

 over the boat side after it has been an- 

 chored for a while and all is quiet. This 

 attracts the trout to where the bait is placed, 

 and they very soon take it. There is little 

 of the true sportsman in this method of 

 angling, but the result of it often succeeds 

 in taking a large number of fish which 

 otherwise would not be caught. I have 

 often tried every possible means to lure 

 them up with the fly, but failed to get a 

 rise during the daytime. At evening, when 

 flies are more numerous on the wing, the 

 trout will rise for fifteen or twenty minutes, 

 then suddenly stop and again drop to the 

 bottom; but in that short time half a dozen 

 brace are caught on the fly, no matter what 

 size or kind. They are after flies, and they 

 tackle all that appear on the surface. 



On such a pool I took a friend who was 

 very anxious to land some fish. We 

 whipped our flies till thoroughly tired, 

 when I suggested that we try worms. I 



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