xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



VIII BAIT-FISHING FOR TROUT 50 



A brief for bait-fishing. Fly fishing not good until 

 natural insects appear. Streams where live bait 

 alone succeeds. Worm-fishing. Kinks for worm- 

 fishers. Reeling for trout. Bait-fishing flood-water. 

 Tackle for worm-fishing. Grasshopper-fishing. 



IX SPINNING FOR TROUT 60 



Why spinners. Legitimacy of method. Where 

 spinners are effective. Types of spinners. Rod and 

 line. Casting the spinner. Surface vs. deep fishing. 

 The way of trout. 



X TROUT IN THE NIGHT- TIME 69 



The lure of the mysterious. Why night fishing. 

 Some drawbacks of 'night fishing. Needful knowl- 

 edge. A story. Moon or no moon. Tackle. Flies 

 or night fishing. Other lures than flies. And let 

 there be light. A word regarding live bait. 



XI THE TROUT OF THE DEAD-WATER 80 



Denizens of the dead-water. Dead-water pools. 

 Fishing the open pool. Fishing the brush environed 

 pool. Playing the fish. Hints regarding tackle for 

 dead-water trout. Flies. Bait for dead-water trout. 



XII THE TROUT OF THE FOAM 89 



The trout of the foam. A trout of the foam that 

 escaped. Location of fish in rapids. -Playing the 

 white-water fish. Why trout lie in the rapids. 

 White-water tackle. 



XIII TROUT OF THE LITTLE BROOKS 97 



The fascination of the little brooks. Fishing the 

 little brooks. The trout of little streams. Where 

 they lurk. Bait vs. flies. Tackle for little streams. 



XIV THE TROUT OF THE LAKES 106 



Speckled trout sometimes found in lakes. Speckled 

 trout of Lake Superior. Haunts of the fish. Some- 

 thing about fly-fishing and tackle. A paragraph upon 

 bait-fishing. An incident. 



XV THE TROUT OF THE SPRINGS 115 



By the way of definition. A discovery and its 

 sequel. Color and character of spring-trout. Spring- 

 trout are bait-fish. Tackle and methods. Night fish- 

 ing. In the springs found along the river's bank, 



