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THE TROUT. 
bends. Holding the rod firmly iti the right hand, let go the 
line, and with a little practice you will find the bait drop 
lightly into the water at the extremity of the rod and line; 
and then, either draw your line gently across the water, or 
carry your bait down the stream, as above directed. The 
eddy by the side of a mill-tail, or flood-gate, or water-full, is 
a good place to try the lob-worm. The deep holes near 
overhanging trees and old stumps, and those parts of the river 
where the stream has undermined the banks, are also the 
haunts of the largest trout. 
“ When the water is discolored by rain, your tackle may 
bo strong, and you will not easily be seen by the fish; but if 
the water be clear, and the day bright, your only chance for 
taking trout with the worm, will be by using fine tackle, and 
keeping completely out of sight. 
“ The lob-worm is also used, without any shot on the line, 
after sunset in summer, by drawing it on the top of the water, 
across a sharp mill-stream, when the trout will rise and take 
the bait at the top of the water, as they would the fly; and 
in this manner very large trout are frequently taken. 
“ The gentle, or maggot, is a good bait for a trout, during 
tho months of June, July, and August, and may be used, with 
a small float, carrying one or two shot-corns, in mill-dams, 
ponds, and other still waters, allowing your bait to nearly 
touch the ground. 
“ 1 shall now describe a method of bottom-fishing, with a 
bait which I have found, in certain situations and seasons, 
more successful than any other. The same tackle may be 
U9ed as before described for the gentle, i. c. a fine gut bot- 
tom, with hook No. 10, and a small quill float, carrying one 
or two small shot-corns. 
u Procure a wide-necked bottle, and fill it with blue 
bottle-flics, or the flies caught on newly scattered cow or 
horse-dung, and wi;h two of these flies bait your hook, and 
