Chap. '1. Of ibe TROU T, i ji 



may fallen fome Hog's Bridles under the Silk> 

 leaving the Points almoft half an Inch ftand- 

 i ng out towards the Line, v/hich will keep him 

 from flipping back. This done, try how ic 

 will turn, by drawing it crofs the Water, or 

 againfl the Stream, and if it do not aniwer 

 your Expedation, move the Tail a little to the 

 Right or Left, till it turns nimbly ; other- 

 wife you will catch nothing. You may alfo 

 have a Swivel or Turn in this Way, aswell as 

 for Pikes, placed about a Yard or more from 

 the Hook, without any Lead on your Line. 

 You mud continually draw your Bait up the 

 Stream, within half a Foot, or a Foot of the 

 Superficies of the Water. Always angle thi=; 

 Way in a clear Water, and in the Stream, cr 

 on very windy Days that will furl the Wafer, 

 in the plain Deeps ; more efpecialiy ni the 

 Months of Mckrch^ April, September and Oc- 

 tober, You may angle thus alfo for the Fike 

 and Perch. 





To catch the Trout, the Angler's chief De-' 

 light. 



Tread foftly, and be fur e keep out of Sight 

 Or the f by Fifb will baulk thy Appetite. 

 Nice as thy Hopes too be thy Rod and Line, 

 Nice be thy Flies, and c aft exactly fine. 

 Nor Rod nor Linefljould want Proportion fit, 

 Full fix Yards each, iffo the Stream permit : 

 Taper and light, as long, from Hand to Hooky 

 If with the Flifs or in a chryftal Brook : 



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