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I think a better way, that is, by what are 

 called " set lines " immersed at night, or 

 by wires and garths in the summer when 

 they migrate to the sea. 



In fishing for trout, my first consideration 

 on reaching a stream, always was, what 

 sort of food the fish had been feeding on 

 the few preceding days. If they were leap- 

 ing for flies, I put flies on ; if the water was 

 muddy or flooded with rain, I used a large 

 round bend, No. 3 or 4, and fished with 

 worms ; but if the water had decreased after 

 a flood, I put on a minnow tackle, throwing 

 it across the stream arid letting the minnow 

 come round and down by jerks, about two 

 feet at a time, bringing it up again to the 

 spot on which I was standing ; taking it four 

 feet farther down each cast, and landing the 

 trouts where I stood. When I fished with 

 fly, I commenced at the foot of the current 

 where it ran into the pool, taking the trouts 

 and landing them at the first slope on the 

 bank of the pool, not to disturb the rest 

 farther up. 



My minnow tackle was made with seven 

 hooks, one large enough to go through the 



