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Ufe a large white Minnow^ or large Loach ^ 

 put on with the Hook in his Mouth, to angle 

 for a Pike as you do for a Trout ; and let your 

 Hook be fmalL Never ufe a great Hook with 

 a fmall Eait, nor a great Sait with a fmall 

 H^ook. You may catch both Pike and Perch, 

 if you trowl with a Minnow or Loach, or 

 fmall Gudp-eon^ and have not too big a Hook. 

 When the Water is tranfparent, and the Day 

 clear and bright, a large Gudgeon is the beil 

 Bait for Pike : But if the Day be dark or clou- 

 dy, Roach, Dace, or a Bleak new taken, are 

 the bed Baits that can be made ufe of. 



To angle with a Minnow, geta fingle Hook, 

 Jong and flender in the Shank -, but Lead up- 

 on it, as thick near the Bent as will go into the 

 Min?iQW*s Mouth : Place the Point of the 

 Hook diredly up the Face of the Fifh : Let the 

 Rod be as long as you can handfomely ma- 

 nage, with a Line of the fame Length ; call 

 up and down, and manage it as when you 

 trowl with any other Bait. If, when the Pike 

 hath taken it, he run to the E^nd of the Line 

 before he hath gorged it, do not flrike, but 

 hold ftill only, and he will return back and 

 fwallow it. Some efteem a Minnow the 

 bed with a Trowl, efpecially if you ufe a 

 Swivel. ^ 



I will juft mention two other Ways of 

 rjaking Pikes, becaufe they are frequently prac- 

 ^dfed, tho' not fo much by the fair Angler as 

 the two former : Thefe are called 6';^^m^and 



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