158 STRIKING THE TROUT. 



too plainly ; and when you feel that he has seized it, 

 allow him a second or two fairly to turn with it, and 

 then give him a smart but not violent twitch with the 

 wrist, and some of the hooks will be certain to find 

 their way into his jaws. In most cases, however, the 

 same action of the rod which is necessary to keep the 

 bait in play, will have accomplished this at the moment 

 he laid hold of it, and before the angler has time to 

 adopt any ulterior manosuvre. 



