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tised than the more elegant use of the artificial fly, 

 fewer words will suffice. When the streams are 

 swollen and discoloured, fine trout may be taken 

 with a running line without float, and so leaded 

 that it shall touch the ground without resisting the 

 force of the stream. The lead should be fixed 

 about eight or ten inches above the hook ; and the 

 best baits are well-scoured earthworms. The dew, 

 the garden, and the lob worms, commonly so called, 

 are probably one and the same species, although 

 they vary considerably in form, size, and colour, 

 according to age, season, and the nature of the soil. 

 The lob-worm, according to Daniel, is of two sorts, 

 the old knotted, the young without knots, which 

 some for distinction call maiden lobs, and others 

 red worms. The latter kind, with a red head, a 

 streak down the back, and a broad tail, are the 

 most esteemed. By some they are called squirrel- 

 tails. These and other worms, it need scarcely be 

 observed, are easily obtained in fields and gardens, 

 especially where there has been any recent mixture 

 of vegetable or animal remains. They may be pre- 

 served for a considerable period, and even improved 

 in their texture and condition, by being kept in 

 damp moss, changed from time to time, and 

 occasionally wetted with a little new milk. In dry 

 weather, when worms are difficult to be obtained, 

 they may be procured by emptying a few buckets 

 of water in situations where they were known to 

 occur during a moister season. The brandling 

 worm is streaked from head to tail in alternate 

 circles of a red and yellow hue, and is darker at its 



