148 ON ANGLING WITH THE WORM. 



the morning that is to say, before six or seven 

 o'clock trout will take worm readily in the streamy 

 portions of the pools, in water where there is not 

 much chance of success during the day. Numbers 

 of trout, which have been cruising about the shallows 

 all night, have not yet returned to the streams, but 

 are lying in the strong deep water. Morning fish- 

 ing, however, is very uncertain, and seven o'clock is 

 quite early enough to start. 



If trout have been taking readily in the early 

 part of the morning, a lull usually takes place for 

 an hour or so, about six or seven ; and if they have 

 not been taking in the morning, they generally com- 

 mence about that time. During the day, unless 

 there is a breeze of wind, little sport is to be had in 

 the pools ; but if there is a good ripple on them, 

 very good sport may be had in the shallow water 

 towards their lower end, as also in stretches of thin 

 still water, which, at other times, it would be use- 

 less fishing. The whole of a pool may be fished 

 when there is a breeze of wind upon it, but there is 

 no part like the lower end, where there are always 

 plenty of trout lying. When there is no wind, the 

 only part of a pool worth fishing is the strong rush 

 at the head. The streams, however, are what the 

 angler should rely upon, and an experienced worm- 

 fisher can tell almost with certainty where he will 

 catch a trout. At this season, feeding trout are to 

 be found in places which a novice would pass over 

 as not worth fishing. The strong deep runs are by 



