13€ THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 





on, it is better than any other way -, about two or 

 three inches above the loop or swivel, place a bullet 

 or a ledger lead on the line, to sink the bait, and a 

 swan shot before it, to keep the bullet from slipping 

 down. (See the Cut. J The proper hooks for this 

 mode of Eel-fishing, are single or double small-sized 

 Eel hooks. The single, when a worm or piece of 

 Lamprey is used for a bait ; and the double, when 

 a small Fish is used for a bait. Small Roach, Dace, 

 Bleak, or Gudgeons, about four inches long, are all 

 proper baits, and also Miller s Thumb, Stone Loach, 

 and pieces of Lamprey Eels -, but small Gudgeons 

 and Bleak I prefer, for baits, to every other, finding 

 them a killing bait in most waters. — Note, the in- 

 tent of putting a perforated bullet or ledger lead, is • 

 to suffer the Eel to take the bait without feeling any m 

 check, which would not be the case if the lead had ' 

 not a hole through it ; for, in that case, when the Eel 

 draws the bait, it would feel the weight of the lead, 

 and, probably, would be alarmed, and leave it ; but 

 when there is a hole through the bullet or ledger 

 lead, the bait and line then moves without dragging 

 away either the perforated bullet or ledger. 



When you bait the hook with either of the above 

 enumerated Fish, take a baiting needle and fix it to 

 the loop of the gimp, or what the hook is tied to : 

 enter the point of the needle in the bait-fish's mouth, 

 and bring it out at the tail, and draw till the hooks 

 are brought to lay close on each side the bait's 

 mouth (See the Cat); now tie the bait-fish just above 



