70 WORM-FISHING FOR TROUT. 



combine its advantages, without being open to its 

 drawbacks. The result of my experiments was 

 that a tackle consisting of two hooks instead of 

 four, and these a trifle larger and thicker in the 

 wire, fulfilled the required conditions, and also com- 

 bined one or two material improvements in other 

 points. Annexed is a diagram of this tackle, 



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baited and unbaited. The size of the hooks, &c., 

 can be varied slightly according to the size of the 

 stream, or of the worms. 



" The worm is here shown in a curled-up posi- 

 tion in order to contrast more readily with Mr. 

 Stewart's tackle, but in actual work it is recom- 

 mended that the worm should, on the contrary, 

 hang as straight as possible on the hooks, which 

 gives it a more natural appearance, and is in every 

 way much the more killing method. 



