CHAPTEE XIII. 



NIGHT-FISHING. 



Evening-Fishing ; Flies for Barker's Directions for Night-Fishing 

 Reflections on Night-Fishing. 



DUEING the height of summer, from June to 

 September, the largest and finest fish are in- 

 variably taken in the evening, as they lie all day 

 snugly ensconced underneath banks, roots, stones, etc., 

 and only come forth to feed about twilight. Those in 

 rivers leave the deep water, and hunt the rapids above 

 the streams, and the shallows at their side, for minnows 

 and other edibles, when an adroit minnow-spinner may 

 follow his vocation with great advantage ; while those 

 in lochs and ponds roam around their margins, and up 

 the mouths of the feeders, in search of worms, slugs, 

 beetles, or such other matters as the banks may furnish : 

 any of which baits may be used, including large moth- 

 flies, as the most appropriate lures for evening-fishing in 

 still waters. And in these respective situations only 

 must the night-fisher ply his craft, viz. in the rapids 

 above and between the streams, and in the shallows 

 at their sides ; or in back-waters, where they exist, in 

 rivers ; and close in shore, by the margins of lochs or 



