108 Where tojlsh with Creeper. 



bait. It kills best on a bright breezy day, and in clear 

 water ; but if the water be only partially clear, it may be 

 fished very successfully in the thin streams, and at the 

 sides, in shallow gravelly nooks among stones, for into 

 such places the trout go to feed on them. On the opposite 

 side to the Angler, and in such localities, the best sport 

 may be expected. He will have to cast a little further 

 above the fish with this bait than when he fishes with 

 the fly. It is comparatively useless in deep pools and still 

 water, therefore streams of all kinds should be selected, and 

 where the tail of the stream is rippling nicely towards 

 the pool over fine gravel. The first week in May is quite 

 soon enough to fish this bait; that is, in the generality of 

 seasons. It is the best about the end of the month, and 

 will kill well all the time that the May-fly is on the 

 water. It is commonly fished like the running- worm. 



