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Next to the use of the artificial fly this is 

 the most sportsman-like and successful me- 

 thod of killing Trout. Those minnows are 

 to be chosen which are of middle size, and 

 brightest under the belly : where they are to 

 be found in shoals, as in the case in most 

 Trout streams, the landing net, if made of 

 large dimensions, as recommended under the 

 list of necessaries, will with very little trouble 

 supply an ample stock of bait. 



The best way of baiting the minnow is to 

 draw the large hook first through both lips, 

 so that they be not torn, and then insert it at 

 the mouth and pass it down the body, until 



