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which the hook is tied, forming a loop, and whip 

 the same very secur^e ; I now pass my line through the 

 pellet down to within eighteen inches of the bottom 

 hook 5 and in order to keep it from slipping up or 

 down, I place a small shot above and below it on the 

 line, and eighteen inches above this I place another 

 hook tied on bristle, exactly in the same manner as 

 just described, and my Perch line, with the addition 

 of a float, is thus complete (unless a shot or two may 

 be wanted to sink the float.) The reason I tie the 

 hooks, which are placed high up the line, to a bristle 

 is, that if tied to gut, it soon gets softened and limp 

 in the water, and then hangs about and round the 

 line, "whereas the bristle remains hard, and projects 

 or stands out from the line, and, when fixed to the 

 pellets, with the movements of the live bait keeps 

 twirling and spinning around, but clear of the line, 

 consequently more likely to be seen by the Perch. 

 The Angler will take care, when placing the shot on 

 the line, to prevent the pellet slipping up or down, 

 that he so fixes them as not to prevent the pellet from 

 revolving round the line, or he will destroy great part 

 of the advantage I have experienced by this mode 

 of fitting my tackle for Perch fishing over the common 

 method. — Some Anglers, when Perch fishing in very 

 deep water, say from sixteen to twenty feet, use four 

 or five hooks on a line, but I have always found three 

 quite enough in the deepest water, and in shallower I 

 sometimes use only one or two, because, though it is well 

 known the Perch swim at all depths, yet I have, by many 



