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shortening it get at the holes, and still contrive to 

 keep out of sight, which you must do whether 

 you kneel, stoop, or stand, and then if you can 

 neatly and slightly drop in a lively brandling near 

 the likely holds or haunts in a strong stream, espe- 

 cially near the top of it, let the sun shine ever 

 so bright, be the wind rough or calm, and the 

 water ever so clear, you will kill trout when they 

 are not to be caught with any other bait. 



Thames trout are to be caught best by spinning 

 the gudgeon, dace, and bleak. In the summer 

 months they will take large artificial flies. The 

 best are very large red and furnace hackles, with 

 winged flies made of a reddish feather, and red, 

 brown, and yellow bodies. In the evening like 

 nearly all the salmonidae, they will take artificial 

 moths. 



The salmon trout, bull trout, and white trout or 

 sewin, are all to be taken with small salmon flies 

 or lake flies. They may be caught also with the 

 worm or by spinning a small natural or artificial 

 fish. A very large coch-y-bonddu is a capital 

 bait for the white trout or sewin. 



