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Trout in good condition may however be captured 

 earlier or later in the season, according to the pis- 

 catorial " earliness " or " lateness " of the respective 

 rivers. For instance, the Till and the Eden are 

 early rivers, and the Rule and the Oxnam are late. 

 Burns and upland streams in general are late, and 

 may be angled in successfully after worm-fishing 

 is almost over in such waters as Tweed and Teviot. 



From the middle of May till about the middle of 

 June, the early morning and forenoon is the best 

 time for worm-angling ; and from that period 

 but the change of course takes place by degrees 

 the best time to the end of July is from seven, eight, 

 or nine o'clock, till about four or five in the after- 

 noon. 



From mid-May to mid-June the trouts take worm 

 greedily on very fresh or dull mornings, or when very 

 light rain is falling ; and in the sunshine of early 

 June they also take greedily. But they are not 

 constantly in taking h amour, and the angler must 

 cultivate patience if he wish to make a good basket. 

 Trout often do not take, as Younger says, at a time 

 when even first-rate anglers think, from all outward 

 signs, they should be feeding ; but a good angler bides 

 his time, knowing that they must have their "grub," 

 and that is perhaps one of the reasons why good 



