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(a species of the earth-worm, with black heads and 

 reddish bodies) we do not recollect ever seeing, though 

 they are numerous, either in the water, or at the edge 

 of it, unless we turned up the stones under which they 

 were lying. 



In a very bright June day if a curl on the water 

 all the better a few good trouts may be captured in 

 still-water by throwing the creeper into the edges of 

 overhanging banks ; and large trouts may also be 

 taken in water just gathering itself to form a stream, 

 or in other words the king of the stream, which every 

 angler knows who can pronounce Auchternmchty. 

 We would not, however, advise the angler to dwell 

 long on sucb places, as the streams are certainly the 

 preferable parts for sport. Nor should he dwell 

 long on one stream if he have another unfished above 

 him. It is not good policy to cast half-a-dozen times 

 over the same trout, or even twice, when trouts are 

 lying a step further up that may not have had aline 

 over them for an hour or two, and may therefore not 

 be so wary. 



In all kinds of clear-water fishing, it is almost 

 needless to say that very fine stained gut should be 

 used. No doubt, in the early part of the season, 

 when the trouts are somewhat green, gut of a heavier 

 stamp may be angled with ; but, for our part, we 



