46 best's art of angling. 



delights to shelter himself behind large stones, 



or small banks that hang ovec the river, which 



the stream running against, creates a tbam; also 



in the eddies between two streams ; his hold is 



usually under the roots of trees, and in hollow 



banks in the deepest parts of rivers. When you 



angle for him at the ground, let the link of your 



line, next the hook, be the best silk worm gut 



vou can provide; and have a nice elastic rod, 



which v/ill enable you to strike tri?e, and to feel 



him when he bites. AiT"le for him with a run- 



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nin.o- line, and beciii at the unper part of the 

 Stream, carr^^ingyour line witli an upright b.aad, 

 and feeling your lead run on the ground about 

 ten inches from the hock, leading your line ac- 

 cording to the swiftness of the stream ; as before 

 directed. If you bait either with one or two 

 worms, follow the manner of l>aithig with theiu 

 which f have laid down in the rules, and you will 

 run on the sjround without beino: entanoled. 



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There is a very killing method likewise for a 

 large trout; make a pair of wings of the feather 

 of a land-rail, and point your hoolc with one or 

 more cadis's ; your hook should be bristled, that 

 rs, when you whip on your hook, fasten a hog's- 

 bristle under the silk, with the end standing out 

 about a^ straw's breadth at the head of the hook, 

 from under the silk, and pointing towards the 

 line, by which means the head of the cadis will 

 be kept close to the wings; angle with a rod 

 about live yards long, and a line about three ; 

 cast the wings and cadis up the stream, which 

 will drive it down under the water towards ilio 

 lower part of the hole; then draw 'it up tlic 

 stream very gently, though irregidarly, at the 

 same time shaking your rod, and in a few casts 

 joa will be sure to hook him, if there is one in 



