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to fix the float 3 and in no case do I ever find or think 

 it right to fix the float above the baited hook at a 

 greater distance than between three or four feet. 



If you choose to fish without traces, adjust the line, 

 float, and baited hooks this way : first, put the float on 

 the line ; next put a dip-lead, or as many swan-shot on 

 the line as is proper for the size of the float ; dip-leads 

 are to be preferred, because they are put on and off in 

 an instant ; fsee Dip-Leads described in Chap. V.J 

 whereas, it takes some time to put the shot on the 

 line, and more to take them off again, which must be 

 done, otherwise you cannot remove the float from the 

 Hue, because the shot will be found too large to pass 

 through the ring at the bottom of the float, or the cap 

 at the top. Now, all this trouble and delay is obvia- 

 ted by using a dip-lead, or the traces fitted with swi- 

 vels, &c. as described in Chap. V. — However, whether 

 traces, dip-lead, or shot, are used, I will suppose the 

 hooks to be baited in the manner described in the se- 

 cond article, (Chap. III. and the Cut, fig. 2.J and the 

 float fixed in its proper place, &c. and the Angler at 

 the water side, having, if possible, the wind at his 

 back 3 he must hold his rod and line exactly as de- 

 scribed in the preceding article, (trolling with the 

 gorge-hook,) and as represented in the cut at the head 

 of this Chapter, excepting the hand represented as 

 grasping the rod above the winch 3 but it may be held 

 below the winch in live-bait fishing, if the Angler finds 

 it more convenient to manage. 



Cast your bait in very gently, and near the shore 



