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is more than likely that you have a Pike follow 

 with uncommon Eagernefs^ 



But with all due Deference to the Judgment 

 of fo experienced an Angler, we mud affirm 

 that there is much more Art and Experience 

 requifite in trowling or fnapping with a dead 

 Bait, than in any Thing he has mentioned con- 

 cerning the Ledger-bait, befides that the Prac- 

 tice of the former is lefs exceptionable, and 

 more becoming the fair Angler. 



Trowling for Pike is a very pleafant Diver- 

 fion, and the Trowl may be bought ready 

 made; only let it have a "Winch to wind it 

 up withal. You muft always angle with it in 

 clear Water, and, if polTible, on a windy 

 Day. Some prefer a fingle Hook before the 

 double Pike-hook^ and bait with a Minnow^ as 

 well to catch Perch as Pike, 



Your Tackle muft be ftrong, your Rod 

 long, and very (lender at Top, where you 

 muft place a fmall flender Ring for your Line 

 to run through. Let your Line be Silk, for 

 at leaft two Yards next the Hook, and the 

 reft four or fix Folds of the very beft flaxen 

 Thread curioufly twifted, 0.0 or ^o Yards long; 

 your Hook double, and ftrongly armed with 

 Wire, for above a Foot. Then with a Probe 

 or Fifli Needle, you muft draw the Wire in 

 at the Fifhes Mouth, and out at his Tail, thaC 

 fo the Hook may lie in the Mouth of the Fifh, 

 and both the Points on either Side. Upon the 

 Shank of the Hook, faften fome very fmooth 

 Lead, that it may go into the Fifhes Mouth, 



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