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great eagerness, and was run and landed with the 

 first bait, hooks, gut, worms and all, hanging in his 

 throat. 



When the water has fallen very low, in drought, 

 the first trial of this worm bait is a searching thing 

 for the river. I have asked Haliburton, " John, 

 are there many fish yet left in the water ?" "I can- 

 not just say," he would reply, "as the water has 

 fallen so low they have been set up to the fly for some 

 time past ; but I will inform you to-morrow night 

 how many are in the Caul-pool, the Broom-ends, . 

 and Back-brae, as I mean to be on them very early 

 in the morning with the worm, and every one you 

 know must have a passing pook at the first bait." I 

 went down to the Caul-pool once about five or six 

 in the morning, after a conversation of this kind, and 

 found that John had already eight lying on the 

 gravel. 



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The worm preferred for trout bait in the Tweed 

 is what is commonly called the black-headed small 

 tailed worm. In manured and fat clay soils, this 

 worm is found of gross habit and dark colour ; and 



