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seven. There are three ways of fishing for 

 trout with the worm, the minnow, and 

 the fly. When you fish for them with a 

 worm, you may use the same tackle as you 

 would for perch, namely, a strong gut-line, 

 fine at the end, a reed float, a hook varying 

 from No. 5 to No. 8, according to the 

 size of the fish the water contains, and a 

 running-line and winch. A red worm of a 

 good size, tough and well scoured in damp 

 moss, or rags, is decidedly the best. The 

 places where they take a worm best, are in 

 eddies, at the end of currents, in tumbling 

 bays, where two streams meet, where the 

 bank of the river has fallen in, or where an 

 old low tree has grown into the river, both 

 roots and branches, and the water is deep, or 

 in any other place where the river and water is 

 in confusion. 



Let your worm be well put on your hook, 

 so as to hide it from view, and so adjust your 

 float that your bait shall be very near the 

 bottom of the deepest part of the place where 

 you are fishing, and then it will be frequently 

 on the ground in the more shallow parts, 

 which is where the trout generally take it. 

 Do not give them time, as you would a perch, 



