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will be noticed that the bait is divided length- 

 ways in the hinder half, the two flying tri- 

 angles projecting on either side through the 

 division. The bait being loose on the mount- 

 ing, when a fish is struck it will often be found 

 that the bait is blown up the line, leaving 

 the hooks alone in the mouth of the Trout. 

 They are made in various sizes, some being 

 half the size of the drawing, for use in small 

 brooks. The swivel is just inside the mouth 

 of the bait, but it is better to have two or three 

 more on the regular gut trace. 



Trout delight in swift clear streams running 

 over gravelly bottoms, but are more frequently 

 found by the side of the stream, in the eddies, 

 than in the midst of it. Tumbling bays and 

 mill tails are also their favourite haunts. The 

 larger Trout often lay beneath hollow banks in 

 the deepest parts of the river. The junction 

 of rapids, caused by the water washing round 

 an obstruction in the midst of the stream, is 

 a likely place to run a Trout; the largest 

 Perch also are found in eddies near a rapid 

 current. 



All Trout have their own haunt or place of 

 retreat, generally some large stone or root of 

 a tree ; each fish appearing to possess its own 

 special portion of the stream, and rarely tres- 

 passing on that belonging to a neighbour. 

 When one of these sections becomes vacant, a 

 fresh occupant soon takes possession, and thus 

 it is that an angler knowing a river, and aware 



