CHAPTEK VIII. 

 WoEM Fishing foe Beook Teout.* 



BY LOUIS EHEAD. 



One out of every twenty brook trout anglers 

 uses the fly; the rest fish with worms. Only 

 one of the nineteen is an experienced worm 

 fisherman; the remaining ones are what I shall 

 term "plumpers," who only make a practice of 

 fishing during a short vacation in the summer. 

 It is to these plumpers (so called because they 

 only know how to plump a worm into the water 

 and yank a trout hack again) that I wish to 

 present a few ideas whereby they may get some 

 real sport, instead of being merely butchers 

 intent only on slaughter. 



They soon get to know by experience that 

 brook trout, even when fully gorged, cannot 

 resist a live, wriggling worm. Therefore, it is 

 only an idiot who fails to land them. There is 

 infinitely more shame than pride in having a 



•From "Outinq" Magazine, l>y permission and excepted froio 

 eopyright. 



