4'4 BESl 3 AKT OF ANGLING. 



ill the aflernooHj in Ala >/y June, Ju(t/, and Augmt, 

 it' the water be clear and a little breeze of wind 

 stirring: especially if the wind and stream are 

 contrary. You must fi>h for hiin like a trout, 

 with a worm, Hy,. or tiiiimozVf or loh-rcof^.m is an 

 excellent bait for him, well scoured in moss, 

 which makes it tough, clear, ai;d lively. When, 

 you have struck him, he \vill. plunge and bounce in. 

 the water very much, tlierefore it is necessary to 

 have a strong rod, ringed the same as a trozding^ 

 rody and a winch, with a strong line on it forty 

 yards long, with which lengtli, and a proper 

 playing him, you may kill the largest sized one.- 

 He has not a constant residence like a trout, but 

 removes often, and you should always angle for. 

 him as near the spring-head as possible^ in the 

 deepest and broadest parts of the river, near the 

 sround. Put two larsie /ob-zmrms on at a time; 

 and you may lish without a float, that is with a 

 running line. Let one yard next to your hook be 

 o«wp, and your hook a proper sized mlmou-hook.. 

 No. 1, 



N. B. When I come to treat o? fly-fishing, the 

 proper flies for the salmon, &c. wiii be clearly 

 expressed. 



TRTJTTA. 



The Trout \ is a delicious fresh-water fish,, 

 speckled with red and yellow ; coming in and 

 i^oing out of season with the buck, and spawn- 

 ing in the cold months of Oc^ofeer and November^ 

 whereas all other lishes spawn in the hot summer 

 months. There are several species of this iish., 

 all valued very much ; but the best are the 

 red and vellow ; and of these the female distin- 

 guished by a less head and deeper body, is pre- 



