ON RAPID STREAMS. 43 



necessarily be carried away with the earth and 

 mud of the banks, and eager for change of food 

 after being so long restricted from the lowness of 

 water to one kind of food, refuse now their common 

 diet the fly, sink deep in water to look for worms, 

 and retire to such places as would best favour 

 their capture of them. Knowing then these 

 natural results of increase of water and deepening 

 of colour, we do not use the fly at such times, so 

 unsuitable both to the river itself and the situation 

 and expectations of the trout, but employ the 

 worm, which at once places us in a right position 

 to compete with the trout. 



Again, with reference to the condition of the 

 water, we may observe that trout seldom sport 

 at any kind of bait when the river is increasing 

 in bulk and force ; a temporary panic seems to 

 prevail amongst the trout, and they retire to such 

 places as may afford them protection against the 

 force of the expected torrent, wisely so urged by 

 a protective instinct; for otherwise, did they 

 remain out in the stream, their strength would 

 be insufficient to prevent their being washed 

 away by a too powerful current. 



From these cursory remarks it may be seen that 

 we insist that trout in any well-stocked stream, 

 which has rapidity of course, are always to be 

 caught, and sport under these conditions cer- 

 tain to be obtained, but that at certain times our 

 difficulties are greater than at others, to meet 

 which, we urge the necessity of learning to vary 

 our resources, so that at any time we may select 



