Y2 Fishing in North Carolina. 



branches, and a long leader cannot be reeled in 

 close enough to get the net under the fish. A 

 willow net with rubber ring to fit on the wrist 

 is advisable; especially so when the fish run to 

 a good size, of from ten to fifteen inches, for it 

 often happens that when such a fish is hooked 

 there is no place in sight where one can lead 

 him oxit of the water on to the beach. 



The hooks cannot be too small, and a liberal 

 number should be supplied, and tied to a fine 

 snell of the same thickness as the leader. This 

 completes the outfit. It is a great mistake to 

 use split shot to sink the worm. The bait should 

 at all times float on the surface like a fly. Trout 

 always rise to a worm (and will never follow it 

 to the bed of the brook, even in deep water), 

 providing the angler is out of sight. 



In baiting the hook never put on a great 

 bunch of three or four worms ; it is not half as 

 effective as a small single worm. With a big 

 bunch some time m^ust elapse before the fish 

 swallows it, and then if a small fish is landed 

 he has to be killed to extract the hook. Large 

 fish will swim around a bunch of worms as if 



