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when the fish was at least two to three feet away 

 from its objective. 



In cases where food is taken on the bottom, 

 the trout does not go straight down upon it 

 like a roach, but partly rolls over and picks it 

 up with the side of his mouth. This half turn of 

 the body gives the "flash," as illustrated in the 

 photograph of a feeding trout opposite page 18. 



A trout seizes a worm by any part of it, 

 whether he takes it leisurely or whether he rushes 

 at it. If the worm is seized near the end, the 

 fish frequently spits it out, to seize it again 

 nearer the middle. When hungry, the fish cares 

 for little except to get the worm down, and 

 swallows it right away. After feeding for a 

 time, he frequently takes the food into the 

 mouth, bites it, and spits it out again, and this 

 is repeated two or three times before the worm 

 is swallowed. 



When a trout spits out a worm, it is ejected 

 some distance, and this is often an opportunity 

 for another fish to rush up and seize it. At other 

 times the worm is chewed for two or three 

 minutes before it is swallowed, and the trout 

 appears to get pleasure from the taste. 



Members of the carp family, e.g. carp, roach 



