FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 71 



CHAPTEE VI. 



MINNOW FISHING IN SMALL RIVERS AND 

 BROOKS. 



THE TIME TO USE MINNOW THE ROD REEL LINE 

 ARTIFICIAL VERSUS NATURAL MINNOW How TO CATCH 

 MINNOWS THE ARTIFICIAL WATER FOR How TO FISH 

 WEATHER PLACES TO FISH FENCE TIMES NATURAL 

 MINNOW FISHING ON LARGE RIVERS. 



THE best time to use the minnow is early in the morning, 

 although the fish will sometimes run all day long, pro- 

 viding that the sun is not very bright ; the evening is 

 also good up to a certain time; they do not run well very 

 late, and they hardly ever take minnow in very cold 

 weather. The test of the temperature of the first fish 

 caught, given in Chapter I., is a greater criterion of the 

 chances of sport than even in fly fishing. During the 

 May fly season, the trout nearly always take the minnow 

 very kindly, both morning and evening. 



Use a light rod about thirteen feet long with upright 

 rings and rather stiffer than a stiff fly-rod, but with a 



