AND WORM ANGLING. 173 



of the worm always makes up for the visibility of 

 the small hooks used, for trout take the worm in 

 this form fully more freely than when bent round 

 a common bait-hook. The tackle form does not 

 answer in Tweed so well as in the smaller streams, 

 because the larger worms generally used in Tweed 

 often, from their liveliness, turn and twist themselves 

 and tackle into a knot, in which shape no trout will 

 have them. The tackle breaks and wastes more 

 worms than the single hook. 



The best angling-worms for the Tweed are the 

 black-headed worms, the size of which varies much, 

 and the angler may use the size he finds most deadly. 

 The black-headed worms are also good for small 

 stream angling, but it is often difficult to procure 

 them small enough about four inches or so in 

 length. We always use smaller worms for fishing 

 the Tweed than are used by the anglers we are in 

 the habit of meeting on that stream, and they are 

 numerous ; but we have sometimes, though seldom, 

 found worms of a larger size than we use taken 

 when smaller worms were refused. This was gen- 

 erally on days when the weather was changeable. 

 For Teviot and the smaller waters, such as Kale or 

 Leader, we prefer the marsh-ivorm. This worm is 



