ANGLING FOR TROUT. 



91 



In whipping the hook on the line, the link is to be kept 

 on the inside of the hook, and along it a hog's bristle, 

 to prevent the bait from slipping down over the bend. 

 Earth-worms of various sorts are to be procured by 

 Jigging in garden ground, turning up stones or the 

 droppings of cattle, amongst rotten thatch and in dung- 

 hills. Gentles, again, are the maggots of flies, which, 

 as well as the maggots of bees and wasps, the grubs 

 of beetles, and the caterpillars of moths and butter- 

 flies, may be all used as bait. The earth-worms 

 should be of middle size, and are not so good when 

 they have a knot near the head. They are improved 

 as bait by keeping them without any earth, in moss 

 wetted with milk; but this is not necessary for the 

 brandling, a worm streaked with rings of red and 

 yellow, found in rotten tan, leaf mould, or hog's dung. 



a, the grub of the cockchafer, called by anglers the earth bob ; 

 b, the brandling worm. 



It is for ground-fishing also that the pastes and roe 

 which I have formerly mentioned are employed with 

 success; but nothing exceeds the caddis worms, and 

 good red earth-worms. 



