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THE TROUT. 
Your line ought, in this case, to be three good hairs noxt the 
hook ; both by reason you are in this kind of angling to ex- 
pect the biggest fish, and also that, wanting length to give 
him line after he has struck, you must be forced to tug for it; 
to which I will add, that not an inch of your line being to be 
suffered to touch the water in Dibbing, it may be allowed to 
be the stronger.” 
Having given two of the methods of taking the trout, it 
will be well to introduce the reader to his hiding-places. On 
this subject, Hofland gives the best and most minute infor- 
mation. “ He is fond of swift, clear streams, running over 
chalk, limestone, or gravelly bottoms ; but he is more fre- 
quently in the eddies by the side of the stream, than in the 
midst of it. A mill-tail is a favorite haunt of the trout ; for 
he finds protection under the apron, which is generally hol- 
low, and has the advantage of being in the eddy, by the side 
of the mill-race, awaiting his food. He delights also in cas- 
cades, tumbling bays, or wiers. The larger trout generally 
have their hold under roots of overhanging trees, and beneath 
hollow banks in the deepest parts of the river. The junction 
of little rapids, formed by water passing round an obstruction 
in the midst of the general current, is a likely point at which 
to raise a trout ; also at the roots of trees, or in other places 
where the froth of the stream collects. All such places are 
favorable for sport, as insects follow the same course as the 
bubbles, and are there sought by the fish.' After sunset, in 
summer, the large fish leave their haunts, and may be found 
in the sewers, and at the tails of streams ; and during tliis 
time, so long as the Angler cau see his fly on the water, he 
may expect sport.” 
Of Fishing in the Middle , with a Minnow, or any Small 
Fish. The rod used in this kind of angling, is from 12 to 16 
feet in length, with a staffer top than that used for fly-fisliing, 
