a88 ^^BRITISH ANGLER.P.irL 



fnared, Ufe a great Filli Needle to draw the 

 Line thro' the Bait, and out at its Tail, and 

 then let it flip down to the Hook's Bent, the 

 Head being downwards, tying the Tail to 

 the Line with Thread, and the Top of the 

 Hemp Line to the Cord. 



Eelsy Chubs ^ hrgQ7routs,Q.ndPike, are taken 

 this Way : But if you lay for Pike, keep the 

 Bait with a Float about a Foot from the Bot- 

 tom. For other Fifh let it touch the Bottom. 

 Your great Lohwonn is as good a Bait as any 

 for Night-Hooks •, only if you lay them in 

 Rivers, perhaps the fmall Fifh may pull your 

 Bait off, and mifs being taken. Therefore 

 Minnows^ Loaches, Bull-heads, {w.iiiX Gudgeons^ 

 Bleaks, fmall Roaches, fmall Daces,Seven'Ejes^ 

 ^c. are the moft certain to fucceed. 



Havmg omitted the Artificial Minnow in 

 fpeaking of Baits, I will here add Mr. JVal- 

 ton^s Dire<5lions for making it, who fays it 

 will catch a ^rout as well as an artificial Fly, 

 and takes care to inform us, that he had one 

 made, by a handfome Woman, who had a 

 fmeHand, and a live Minnow lying by her. 

 The Mould or Body was Cloth, and wrought . 

 over with a Needle •, the Back with very dark 

 green Silk, and a paler green Silk towards the 

 Belly, fliadowed as perfedly as a natural Min- 

 now. The Belly was wrought a Part of it 

 with white Silk, and another Part with Sil- 

 ver Thread : The Tail and Fins were of a 

 Quill, which was fliaved thin: The Eyes 

 were two little black Beads, and the Head 



'3 



was 



