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where the May-fly is not to be had, the angler 

 should use worm and minnow in the morning, and 

 whenever he observes the trout rising at the natural 

 insect, change to the fly. The minnow will again 

 be found effective in the evening. Even in streams 

 where May-flies abound minnow or worm will some- 

 times take better than they do early in the morning, 

 and if the weather is very dark and stormy, the min- 

 now will frequently be found most effective all day. 



"When the May-flies have been two or three 

 weeks on the water, or about the middle of June, 

 they are not to be found in such numbers ; the trout 

 also do not take them so readily ; and filling even 

 a twelve-pound basket becomes rather difficult. The 

 trout have given up taking fly readily, and have not 

 yet begun to take worm ; they appear to be resting 

 after the high feeding they have enjoyed for the last 

 six weeks. Loch-fishing being now in its prime, 

 the angler would do well to give it a trial, as he 

 will not lose much by a ten days' absence from the 

 rivers. In these the worm and minnow in the 

 morning, the fly in the forenoon, and the minnow 

 and fly in the evening, will be found the best means 

 of filling a basket ; and in small waters and hill- 

 burns trout will now take the worm readily. 



From the middle to the end of June worm- 

 fishing commences, and from this period to the end 

 of July large basketsful of trout may be depended 

 upon, no matter what the state of weather or water. 

 A good arangement for a day's trouting at this sea- 

 son is to start very early in the morning the earlier 



