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that the reason why trout take worms so freely in 

 midsummer sunshine is, that under the pleasure of 

 basking near the edges and in the shallows of 

 stream and pool, they become somewhat forgetful, 

 and being like charity children, always ready for 

 "some'at to eat" readily gobble the angler's bait. 

 The worm-fisher must cast up-stream, and keep 

 well back from the place in which he expects to 

 make a capture ; and to enable him to do this he 

 should have a 14 or 15 feet rod. If he cannot keep 

 out of sight of the trout he tries to take, he may as 

 well go home at once. He should also learn to throw 

 a long line and that without causing the worm 

 to slip down the hook or break on the tackle-hooks 

 because in all large waters, and often where 

 banks are awanting in small waters, unless he 

 throw a long line he cannot make his lure reach 

 the trout without being personally seen by them. 

 When a trout is felt, after allowing a second or 

 two to pass, the angler should strike down-stream, 

 or as near as he can against the direction in which 

 the trout is thought to be lying. With the tackle 

 worm-hooks he should strike the moment he feels 

 a touch, as in fly-fishing. Streams are the prin- 

 cipal places in which to fish, but the angler should 

 remember that in June and July the trout are 



