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in consequence went hungry. The fish in 

 question, however, very soon altered its usual 

 habits of feeding and came up to the surface with 

 the trout. Here the slow-moving tench was able 

 to suck down a few of the floating worms before 

 the more active trout devoured them all. 



These different ways in which fish take a 

 worm have a bearing upon the manner in which 

 they should be offered worms as bait. I have 

 shown how a trout seizes any part of the 

 worm. Here we have an explanation as to why 

 " Stewart " tackle is so much more effective 

 than a single hook when the running worm is 

 used for trout. Further, when fishing for carp, 

 bream, roach, rudd, etc., it is obviously wrong 

 to put a hook through the middle of the worm 

 with the ends free. 



I have fished successfully for carp with a small 

 hook at each end of the worm* My method is 

 as follows : At each end of a short length of gut 

 tie a hook — the hooks are usually about three 

 inches apart when the tackle is complete ; in the 

 ^middle of this gut attach a trace at right angles. 

 To bait, start at the middle of the worm, and 

 thread each hook outwards. Previous to thread- 

 ing the worm with the hooks, it can be 



