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brandlings, or small red worms, may be fished with 

 in the same way. 



It is highly necessary, when angling for Trout 

 in streams where Salmon are to be found, to use 

 stronger tackle than might otherwise be advisable. 



FOE TEOUT. 



This kind of angling is generally practised from 

 the middle of March till August ; at its commence- 

 ment it will kill fish from eleven o'clock till three ; 

 and when the summer is advanced, and the rivers 

 are become low and fine, it is only to be used very 

 early in the morning, or late in the evening, unless 

 the sun be much clouded. The following extract is 

 from COL. HAWKEB'S much admired work, entitled 

 " Instructions to Young Sportsmen." 



" TBOLLING, or spinning a minnow, is the other 

 most general mode of Trout fishing; or, I may 

 almost say, Trout poaching. It is, however, very 

 rarely done in a proper manner, though every man, 

 as a matter of course, upholds his own system. I, 

 like all the rest, did the same, till after fancying for 

 years that I could challenge any one, was beat and 

 laughed at by a Trout killing divine. Now, however, 

 I have not only got master of his plan, against 



