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keeps all fust at the bait's mouth 3 but it is proper to 

 observe, that in baiting a hook this way, it is best to 

 tie your hook to tine plaited silk, because, in making 

 the half-hitch knot, the gut is liable to break. Ano- 

 ther way of baiting with a single hook, is as follows : 

 enter the hook, as before described, under the chaps 

 and out at the nosej draw the Minnow up about 

 three inches on the line ; then put the hook in its 

 mouth again, and bring it out at the gill 3 put the 

 hook again into the Minnow's mouth, and pass it 

 through the body, bringing the point and barb out at 

 the tail 3 draw the slack line, at the mouth, tight 3 tie 

 the tail and hook together with white silk 3 and all is 

 complete. Fasten the whole to your running line, to 

 which also a swivel should be fixed, and it will spin 

 well, if managed as follows : if you fish across a 

 stream, throw to the opposite side, let the bait sink 

 about a foot, lower the top of your rod, and draw 

 gently across 3 if you fish down a pool or stream, 

 standing on a bridge or wharfing, cast your bait in 

 near 3 let it sink about a foot, then draw it up and 

 across with gentle tugs, about a yard at a time 3 the 

 next time, throw further out, and so continue till 

 you have fished the whole water. If a Trout takes 

 the bait, it generally takes it at the tail, and hooks 

 itself 3 but it is best to strike when you either see or 

 feel a bite. The Angler should bear in mind the 

 shyness of Trout, and always stand as far from the 

 water as the managing his tackle will permit 3 this 

 Eftethod I pursue myself in all kind of angling, and 



