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of course, they must have picked up one by 

 one. When you are fishing for them in these 

 shallow swims, you must be sure to keep off 

 the water, or you will never get one, they 

 know the sight of an angler too well. Another 

 favourite place for them is in deep shaded 

 holes, where the roots of the trees, and part 

 of the trees themselves, are in the water ; in, 

 and near to, such places, they will frequently 

 feed pretty well, but they are very dangerous 

 places to get hold of them in, for you can 

 seldom bring them out unless your tackle be 

 very strong. 



As it regards times to fish for them, they 

 will feed frequently all day, if it be dark and 

 lowering; but if it be bright, you stand 

 very little chance of taking any until the 

 sun is off the water; and the nearer it ap- 

 proaches to dusk, the more likely you are to 

 hook them. We have very frequently taken 

 the best fish when we could hardly see our 

 float. And this teaches us how very necessary 

 it is to have very fine tackle, for they would 

 take the bait as freely in the light, were it not 

 that they see it is fastened to the line. I have 

 sometimes kept a hook and gut soaking in the 

 water, of a larger and stronger kind, and just 



