114 FISHING IN EDEN 



On the Eamont and Eden large cannibal trout 

 often leave Ullswater and go down-stream on 

 murder bent. I have seen such ugly trout with 

 hawk-like noses taken out with minnow. 



A keeper told me last year that he had frequently 

 seen big- cannibal trout rush out of their lairs and 



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seize smaller trout in thin water, of such a size that 

 they could not be immediately swallowed, and that 

 the brigand had to roll over and over with them 

 down-stream until he was back in his hiding-place 

 again. 



In fishing of this kind I have confined myself to 

 natural minnow. At the beginning of August I 

 get a supply of these with a wire minnow-trap. 

 Sometimes minnows are to be found in abundance 

 in the river, but if I wish to make ready a good 

 supply a supply which will cover all the fishing 

 I want to do I take a day at one of the lakes where 

 the minnows are more concentrated at particular 

 spots. 



The trap is baited with a few hard crumbs, or 

 bits of dog biscuit, and let down at the end of a 

 piece of rope into the water where the minnows 

 assemble. Every now and then the trap is drawn 

 up and emptied, and the middle-sized minnows, 

 which are the best, sorted out, and the others thrown 

 back. The selected minnows are laid between two 



