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with a worm for trout do not use a float, but 

 allow your worm to roll along the bottom of the 

 water, your bottom-line being shotted so as to 

 prevent your bait from being carried away by the 

 stream. Sometimes spin your worm slowly 

 against the stream, by means of a swivel on your 

 foot-line, which should be of the finest and best 

 gut. As a general rule, your tackle cannot be too 

 fine for trout-fishing. Keep away from the banks, 

 make as little noise as possible, and angle with 

 every sort of caution and delicate handling for 

 trout, otherwise you will not meet with success. 



When angling for trout with any tripping 

 or running baits, be they worms, caddies, gentles, 

 or salmon roe, it is necessary to have as many 

 shot on the line, about nine inches from the 

 hook, as will readily sink the bait ; because, if 

 the stream be rapid, the bait is carried away with- 

 out touching the ground, and consequently few 

 trout will take it. While thus fishing with the 

 running line, keep as far from the water, as you 

 can, and let the bait be carried down into the 

 trout haunts, and when a fish begins to bite, do 

 not strike the first time you feel a slight tug, but 

 rather slacken the line, and when you feel one or 

 more sharp tugs together, then strike smartly. If 

 it is a heavy fish, do not be too eager to land it. 

 To these directions it may be added, that when a 

 lob-worm is used as a tripping bait, lead is not 



