THE TROUT, 



be of little use to him; and in this situation, with good tackle, 

 you may soon exhaust him, and make him your own by a 

 landing-net, the handle of which should be two yards long ; 

 or he may be landed by a hook or gaff, with a long handle, 

 and this in some situations, amidst close thorny brambles, will 

 be found more useful than the landing-net, which is liable to 

 be caught in the bushes. When you use the worm, caddis 

 or any other grub, you will require a single shot, No. 6,* to 

 sink your bait, for it cannot sink too slowly, or cause too 

 little disturbance in the water." 



The North Country Angler says : ' There are some obser- 

 vations I have made, which the Angler may find the benefit 

 of; one is, that although the shade of trees and bushes, is much 

 longer and greater on the south or sun side of the river, than 

 on the north ; yet I always find the most and largest trout on 

 that side. I suppose the sun's being more intense and warm 

 on the north side, may occasion more flies, eru'cas, and insects, 

 to creep upon those bushes, and consequently the more fish 

 will frequent them. 



" When the trees or bushes are very close, I advise the 

 bush Angler to take a hedge-bill or hatchet, and cut off two 

 or three branches here and there, at proper places and dis- 

 tances, and so make little convenient openings, at which he 

 may easily put in his rod and line ; but this is to be done 

 some time before you come there to fish. 



" If you come to a woody place, where you have no such 

 conveniences, and where perhaps there is a long pool, and 

 no angling with a fly, or throwing the rod, there you may be 

 sure of many large fish. For that very reason, I have chosen 

 such places, though very troublesome, when I have been 



* It has not been thought necessary to remark upon the sizes of hooks, 

 shot, or sinkers, in speaking generally, as they should vary materially in 

 the various waters where the different sizes offish are found, and where 

 streams run more or less rapid. 



