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the practical angler or the art of trout fishing more particularly applied to c

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...Mr. Stewart attached to his spinning- tackle. The drag was " to catch by the outside of the body those trout which bite shy or miss the minnow. " Happily, there having been enactments which may be construed as rendering it unlawful, that device need not be discussed. Then, as to the qualities of light, the colour of water, and the eyesight of trout, our author acted and advised upon questionable assump- tions. " Highland lochs" we read, " are generally of a dark colour, which helps to disguise the angler's tackle. " That is an illusion. To any one walking by the side of a Highland loch, or even afloat on parts so deep that the bottom is invisible* the water does at times seem dark; but in truth, excepting in extreme flood, it is always crystal-clear from the trout's point of view, much clearer, as a rule, than that of a stream. I mention this because Mr. Stewards error has a strange persistence. It is repeated in book after book about Angling. The aspect presented by water to xxx THE...

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