152 ON ANGLING WITH THE WORM. 



shot will be found an advantage. In such, circum- 

 stances we generally use two common bait-hooks, 

 and tie the one about two feet above the other 

 placing the shot between them about eight inches 

 above the first hook. When the waters are very 

 thick, worms will generally be found most enticing 

 if newly taken from the earth, as in such circum- 

 stances trout are guided to them more by scent than 

 sight, and a newly-dug worm has a much stronger 

 smell than a long-kept one. 



The parts of the stream where sport may be ex- 

 pected in flooded waters are quite different from those 

 which have been indicated as being suitable when the 

 waters are reduced. Whenever a river begins to 

 flood, trout seek the shallow sides of pools, and the 

 thin and comparatively quiet water at the tails of 

 streams, and in these places they will take the worm 

 readily, until the river gets very large and thick, 

 when they do not take readily, and lie in the eddies a 

 few feet from the edge, keeping as much as possible 

 out of reach of the current. The time when the 

 particles of mud in the water begin to settle, and the 

 water is of a brown colour, is the best of any. The 

 trout now begin to move a little further out, but are 

 still in the moderately quiet water, and here the 

 angler must still look for them. 



There is no occasion for fishing up in a flooded 

 water ; the thickness of the water prevents the trout 

 from seeing the angler ; and the best plan is to com- 

 mence at the top of a pool or stream, keeping on the 



