6'3 OBSERVATIONS 



TROUT. 



Notwithstanding Mr.Tay lor's Authority,* 

 very few of these excellent fish are caught in 

 the river Trent, yet as the river Greet near 

 Southwell, abounds with trout, which are 

 said to equal those in the lake of Geneva, in 

 ilavour ; I cannot resist the temptation of 

 giving some instructions for taking them hy 

 angling. There are few fish that afFojd the 

 angler such diversion, or require such skill 

 and circumspection to take them. It will 

 be in vain to angle when the water is low, 

 by being kept up at the mills ; they then 

 retire under the banks and roots, and refuse 

 all kinds of baits: they are at all times exceed- 

 ingly shy, quick-sighted, and circumspect; 

 on this account it will be necefsary to use 

 a long rod, and keep out of sight. In a 

 dark cloudy day after a gentle shower, when 

 die mills are going, there are few baits they 

 refuse ; such as minnows, worms, gentles, 

 snails, the young brood of wasps, and hor- 

 nets, dock grubs, and flies of all kinds, in 

 * Taylor's Angling, page 30. 



