14 THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 



See plate of Angling Apparatus, No. 2. Fig. 4. — Note, 

 when you angle with running line for those fish that it 

 is proper to strike the instant you perceive a bite, make 

 a slip knot in the line, and put in the said knot a piece 

 of thin stick, qujill, or tough grass, about an inch long, 

 to prevent the line running back on the rod, which it 

 will do, especially if the wind is any way in your front, 

 and by then hanging slack on the rod prevents the hook 

 from fixing firmly in the fish you strike. Always keep 

 your w inch unlocked, because, in the hurry of the mo- 

 ment, when you have struck a heavy Fish, and the 

 winch is locked, he generally breaks away before you 

 can give line ; to prevent such an occurrence, I use only 

 those winches which are made without locks or stops. 



CHAP. III. 



For baiting the Hook, to take or plumb the Depth, 



Having directed the Angler in the choice of his 

 tackle, to shot the line, and put it together, we shall 

 now proceed to teach him the best method of baiting 

 his hook with worms, &c. 



To bait the hook with a worm, use the following 

 method : first, enter the point of the hook close to the 

 top of the worm's head, and carry it carefully down to 

 within a quarter of an inch of its tail, to do which, you 



