178 REMARKS ON WORMS AND WORM ANGLING. 



thing that may tend to make trout prowl about 

 the edges of rivers, and nose around and under 

 the pebbles in midsummer is, that worms at this 

 season are wriggling under the influence of Cupid, 

 and when paying love visits to each other they all 

 but leave their holes or cells, and thereby expose 

 themselves to the watchful eye and ready mouth of 

 the trout. Worms begin to meet about the end of 

 April in mild weather, and breed all through the 

 summer. 



