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of flat cork, about five or six inches in diameter, witli 

 a groove to admit the line : the hook is baited with a 

 Gudgeon, Roach, or some small Fish ; you then draw 

 as much line out as admits the bait to hang about a 

 foot from the bottom. There is a small slit in the 

 cork, that you pass the line in, to prevent it unwind- 

 ing : as soon as the Jack or Pike seizes the bait, the 

 line loosens, and runs from the groove of the cork 

 free, and allows the Fish to retire to his haunt, and 

 pouch at leisure. These floating trimmers are named, 

 by some, the man-of-war trimmers, from the largeness 

 of the cork j and, by others, fox-hounds ; and may be 

 purchased at all the principal fishing-tackle shops. 

 Some use only a wisp of straw or rushes, and tie two 

 or three yards of string to a baited hook, then throw 

 the whole in the water, and often kill with a trimmer 

 so rudely constructed. 



1. Rod to place and take up trimmers and dead lines. 



2. Bank-runner trimmers, baited with a live bait. 



The Bank-Runner, Trimmer, 8^c. 



The bank-runner is mostly used in the day, while 

 the Angler is fishing for Roach, Barbel, &c. These 



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