THE TROUT, 101 



cold and unsettled, so that few flies are found on the 

 water till April or May. In the Summer season espe- 

 cially, the large Trout love to lie in deep holes and 

 eddies, near mill-tails, and pools ; sometimes close 

 to the apron, which is a good place to drop in a 

 worm bait, also under large stones. — Note, You 

 cannot be too early or late in bottom fishing for 

 Trout, especially during a hot dry Summer. 



Minnow Hook ; the Shank leaded for Trolling or 

 Roving for Trout, Perch, and Chub. 



Trolling, Roving, or Dipping for Trout with a Min- 

 now or Worms. 



Get such a hook as is represented in the cut (all 

 the principal Tackle Shops keep them,) tied to a 

 length of the best twisted gut 3 for your bait, use a 

 white middling-sized Minnow, in preference to the 

 spotted and big-bellied ones, which you put on the 

 hook exactly in the same way as directed with the 

 gorge hook for Jack and Pike ; only use a smaller 

 needle, which is called a Minnow needle ; fasten this 

 length of gut, to which the hook is tied, to your 

 traces, C^ee a Cut of Traces in trolling for Jack, S^c.J, 

 which should be fitted in the following manner: 

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