180 MINNOW AND PARR-TAIL FISHING. 



Even in shallow still water, if there is any pro- 

 jecting piece of bank which can afford shelter to a 

 trout, the angler may capture it if there is the least 

 ripple on the water, but such casts require to be 

 fished very carefully and without a sinker. In 

 rivers much fished with the minnow we frequently 

 get most trout in these out-of-the-way places, as 

 most anglers pass them over as unworthy of notice. 



In small streams, when they are clear and low, 

 we have fished up stream with minnow with great 

 success. All still and even moderately-quiet waters 

 can be fished just as easily up stream as down, and 

 by adopting this method, using fine tackle without 

 a drag and small minnows, we have captured trout 

 in mill-caulds and other places with 110 stream in 

 them, when the sun was shining brightly and not a 

 ripple on the surface. Even in streams, if the angler 

 throws his minnow partly across and partly up, and 

 just pulls it towards him, trout will take it readily. 

 The best sport we ever had was by fishing up stream 

 with the minnow and worm, alternately. 



The minnow may also be baited and used in 

 the same manner as a worm a small minnow is 

 best for this method ; but we have never met with 

 much success by using it in this way, and the sport 

 is not nearly so attractive as ordinary minnow-fish- 

 ing. 



Trout may be captured with minnow, when the 

 waters are clear, during the whole season, but the 

 summer quarter is the best. In the month of May, 



