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ture 1 Two summers ago, the writer and a friend 

 watched the movements, for a considerable time, 

 of a few ducks in the Jed. The water was so clear 

 that the heads of the ducks were seen in all their 

 movements under the water ; and during the time 

 they were watched they were constantly moving 

 aside or turning over the pebbles over which they 

 were swimming. From this it is evident that their 

 food at the water's edge must bear a pretty large 

 portion of water worms. 



We have heard it alleged that trout will not take 

 these worms when angled with ; but such is not the 

 case, as we have several times used them with suc- 

 cess; but we fished with them of necessity, and 

 would rather have had a supply of well-scoured 

 earth worms. 



The reason, in our opinion, why trout are so 

 fond of worms in mid-summer is not, as many 

 anglers say, because they are tired of flies, but be- 

 cause they have nothing else almost to feed upon. 

 The grub flies have mostly all left the bottom of 

 the river by midsummer, and the eggs of the earlier 

 flies cannot, we opine, be grown so as to yield suf- 

 ficient food for trout until the flush of summer 

 is past ; so that worms are almost the only abun- 

 dant dish to be had at such a season. Another 

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