p 51)^ BRITISH ANGLER, p. L 



Whether you angle at Top or at Bottom, 

 proportion your Hooks for Strength and Com- 

 pafs to the Number of Hairs you angle with 

 next your Hook ; and ufe not a fmall Hook 

 to great Baits, nor a great Hook to fmall 

 Baits. Barbels and Chubs muft have large 

 Hooks •, but Pearcbes, Carps^ ^enches^ Breams^ 

 and Eels^ Hooks of a confiderably lefs Size. 

 Trout s in clear Waters, and Graylings^ Sahnon 

 Smelts^ Roaches^ Dace^ Ruffs^^ and Gudgeons^ 

 mud be angled for with fmall Hooks: And 

 tho' many ufe great Hooks for 'TroutSy in mud- 

 dy Waters efpecia] ly, yet it is not fo fure a 

 Way as to angle with fmall ones ; and Expe- 

 rience will convince one of itslnconveniencies. 

 The great Salmon^ however, muft have a hrge 

 and ftrong Hook. 



When you {tt on your Hook (which is cal- 

 led by the feveral Terms of arming, f^i^^g^ or 

 ^hipping) do it with fmall but ftrong Silk, 

 well rubbed with Shoemakers Wax. If for a 

 fmall Hook, ufe the Silk fingle ; if for a large 

 one, double and twift ir. Lay your Hair or 

 Grafs on the Infide of the Hook j for, if in 

 comes on the Outfide, the Silk will be apt to 

 cut and fret itafunder ; and it is not fo conve- 

 nient to ftrike Fifn : And to avoid the fretting 

 of the Hair by the Hook on the Infide, fmooth 

 all the Shank on a Whetftone. From a Straw's 

 breadth below the Top of the Hook, wrap 

 the Silk about the bare Shank, until you come 

 to the Top of it : Then lay your Line on the 

 Infide, and whip with your Silk downwards, 



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