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In clear water it is sometimes advantageous, 

 when there is a light "breeze, to use two natural 

 flies, with a fine line, putting a small hook through 

 them, under the wings, so that they may lie with 

 their heads in opposite directions, and allowing 

 them to "be lightly blown across the stream, or 

 carried down with the current. When using the 

 blowing line it is necessary to employ a reel. Worras, 

 either lob or "brandling, are an excellent "bait for 

 trout when the water is rather discoloured ; and 

 even when it is clear trout will frequently take the 

 worm in streamy parts of a river or a "burn, when 

 they will not take the fly. When worms are used, 

 the "bait is to be thrown up the stream and worked 

 gradually down-wards to the extent of the 

 angler's line. 



In swift-running streams, the fresh-water or burn 

 trout seldom attains to the weight of five pounds ; 

 and, in such streams, in the North of England and 

 in Scotland, by far the greater number of trouts 

 caught weigh less than half a pound each. In the 

 Thames, between Teddington and Windsor, very 

 large fresh-water trouts are sometimes caught. 

 Within the last twelve months three have been 

 caught, two with the net, and one with the rod and 

 fly, each of which weighed upwards of twelve pounds. 

 The annexed beautiful engraving of a large trout, 

 from a painting by A. Cooper, R. A. is a " portrait" of 

 a well-fed five-pounder, which was caught by the 

 artist himself, in the Wandle, in May, 1834. 



