TROUT OF LITTLE BROOKS 101 



some of his glory. The trout of the brooklets 

 are in a class by themselves. 



The angler will soon learn where to look for 

 fish, and cast instinctively, though perhaps a few 

 remarks will not be out of place in this connec- 

 tion. Seldom will you find the trout of little 

 brooks lying in the shallows ; even if you do, it is 

 dollars to doughnuts that they are only "sunning 

 themselves" and will pay no attention to your 

 most seductive flies or bait. It is to the hidden 

 fish, the feeding fish, that you must look for a 

 possible supper. Ofttimes a stream which dis- 

 closes a shallow center will possess a foot or more 

 of water close in under one bank or the other, 

 dug by the persistent current. Always feeding 

 trout seek out those "pools." Take a fish from 

 such a place to-day and you will find another 

 there to-morrow. Of course a log spells a pool. 

 It is best to cast from above, for what current 

 there is will suck the lure down under; then, 

 "trout always lie with their heads upstream." A 

 stump, with roots like the tentacles of a devil fish 

 reaching down into the water, is sure to offer 

 safe haven to one or more good fish; but cast 

 with fear and much trembling, for in such an en- 

 vironment a hooked fish is by no means a creeled 

 fish. Where a tree has fallen into the water, or 



