TiiK (;oi:(ii:-iit>(iK. ;i75 



" 'These reels turn round with jjreat rapidity wlien the east is 

 made, Icttiii:^ out a suflieient len{:jth of line, and are wound up 

 a^ain hy turning them with the fore-linger. They are mueh to 

 he preferred to the eonnnon hrass reel, especially in finhinj; from 

 a l)oat ; they a\»)id the noi>(' and much of the trouble of winding 

 up, and till- lini' ni'\fi- kinks.' 



"A reel similar to this is used t)y salmon-Ushers in Sc-otland, 

 and is tiiere eallfd a pirn. It \\ill ntniirc nnicli practice to 

 enable the novice to cast a long linr wluii the river is widi-, but 

 in small streams he will find little ilillieidty. Some anglers 

 prefer fishing with the gorge-hooks, others with snap-hooks; 

 hut my own experience induces me to prefer the former as the 

 best general mode of trolling; and this kind of fisiiing 1 shall 

 first describe. 



«T1IE GORGE-HOOK 

 " Is either a double or single hook, fixed on twisted brass wire, 

 and loaded on the shank with lead, to which is attached a piece 

 of gimp, eight or ten inches long, at the cud of which is a small 

 loop. To bait this hook you must have a brass needle, about 

 seven inches long; put the loop of the gimp on the eye, or small 

 curve, of the needle; then put the point of the needle in at the 

 mouth of the fish, and bring it out at his tail ; bring the gimp 

 and wire along with it, the lead being fixed in the belly of the 

 bait-fish, and the liook or h(M)ks lying close to the outside of his 

 mouth; then turn the points of the hooks towards his eyes, if a 

 double hook, but if a single one, directly in a line with his 

 belly ; next tie the fish's tail to the arming wire very neatly, 

 with strong thread. To tin- hue nn your reel yon must attaeh a 



