202 TROUT FISHING 



Used in another way, cast deftly into 

 some deep pool from which the angler is 

 screened by bush or rock, the minnow is 

 a deadly lure on streams ; but it is gener- 

 ally objected to there, and, I think, rightly. 

 The minnow used in lakes is capable of 

 defence on the consideration that the great 

 trout there do not rise at any known fly. 

 Used in streams it cannot be justified by 

 such a plea. In flowing water the largest 

 fish are admittedly slow to rise ; but 

 they do rise sometimes, occasionally with 

 astonishing freedom, and it is proper that 

 they should be reserved for those who 

 use flies only. 



Does the same argument condemn the 

 worm on streams ? For that purpose it 

 is used, I know, and on many waters in 

 England the worm is forbidden ; but that 

 seems rather a pity. Worm-fishing on a 

 clear stream is not coarse work at all. 

 To any but the very expert in the 

 management of rod and line, success in 

 it is almost impossible. On a typical 

 chalk-stream, to throw a fly properly is 



