50 ANGLING. 



hook must be tied on, about half the size of the other. This being 

 done, the point of the large hook must be placed in at the mouth 

 of the minnow, and out at the tail, on the right side of the minnow, 

 bending it half round as it is put in ; then the other hook must be 

 put in below the under chop, which has the effect of keeping the 

 minnow's mouth quite close. 



When the angler is not pressed for time, the hook and tail should 

 "be tied together with a little white thread. Before the little hook 

 is entered, the minnow must be drawn up to its full length, and 

 made to fit the bending of the hook, so that it may properly twirl 

 round in the water when drawn through it. When all this is 

 finished, the angler takes the line in his left hand, a little above the 

 bait, and throws it underhand, lifting up the right and the rod, in 

 order that the bait may fall as gently on the water as possible. He 

 stands at the top of the stream, as far off as his tackle will permit, 

 and lets the bait drop in a yard or so from the middle of it. 

 The minnow must then be drawn by gentle pulls, of about a yard 

 at a time, across the stream, turning the rod up the water within 

 half a yard of its surface,, keeping an eye steadily fixed on the 

 minnow. 



When a trout seizes the bait, he is commonly firmly hooked by 

 the very act, but most fishers give a smart strike, and if he feels 

 firm after that, it may be confidently assumed that he is securely 

 hooked. The troller throws three or four times at the upper part 

 of the stream, but never twice in the same place, but a yard lower 

 every cast. He should throw quite over the stream, but let the 

 bait cross it in a round, like a semicircle, about a foot below the 

 surface, with two shot, No. 3 and 4, placed nine or ten inches from 

 the hooks, which will sink the apparatus to a proper depth in the 

 water. In the act of drawing the bait across the stream, the top 

 of the rod must be kept within less than a yard from the water, 

 and drawn downwards, that the bait may be the greater distance 

 from the angler, and be placed as the first thing that the fish will 

 see. It often happens in this kind of fishing that the troller sees 

 the fish before he takes the bait ; when this is the case the rod 

 must be given in a little, that the minnow may appear, as it were, 

 to meet the trout half way ; but should the trout appear shy, it is 

 best to pull the line away, and do not throw it in again for a short 

 time. Many fine trout are taken by this manoeuvre. The twisting- 

 of the bait 'is the chief beauty in this mode of angling ; the fish 

 sees it at a great distance, and fancying it is making all possible 

 haste to escape, the trout makes the same haste to overtake it. 



WORM FISHING POR TROUT. 



Worm fishing for trout may be divided into two kinds : one, the 

 angling in streams, both when they are full and flooded, and in 

 clear weather when they are purer,, and much reduced in bulk ; 



