TACK I, K. .'JSr» 



iu the manner above ilescribed ; hut my favourite mode of INrch 

 Ashing is, by spinning the deail minnow, whieh gives me a 

 chance, at the same time, of taking Jack and Trout. 



"The gudgeon or the bleak may of course be used in tbe 

 same manner when hirgc I'crcb arc c\|)tcti(l. 



"In worm-tishing. the braudUng and the red-worm are tbe 

 best; a No. "^ or '.> book may l)i' employed, and llu- Moat must 

 be suitable for the water. Some anglers [jrefer roving for I'ereli 

 in tlu" following manner : 



" Use a reel on your rod, and have bottom-tackle of three 

 yards of gut, \>itb a book No. ^ or '.', with one i)r two shot- 

 corns to sink the bait, which should be one or two well-scoured 

 red-worms, and you nnist then cast your line across the stream, 

 letting it sink, and drawing it towards you alternately, till you 

 feel a bite, then allow a few seconds before you strike. You nniy 

 also drop this bait into still, deep holes, as in Trout fishing ; 

 iiuleed, a practical angler — especially an old Trout fisher — will 

 prefer this mode of worm-fishing to the use of the fioat." 



After these apposite instructions tlicrc is little more to be 

 said ; but I cannot refrain from (|U(jtiug a few lines in relation 

 to the habits of the Yellow I'crch in tbe West, from tbe pen of 

 an admirable writer, who has contributed very largely to our 

 stock of information conceniing tbe fishes of tlu- great lak(^ 

 and western riven* of New York, by bis admirable articles 

 formerly published in the ButTalo Commercial Advertiser. 

 I shall have occasion to quote from liim again, in relation to the 

 Black Hass, tbe Oswego Bass, and the liake Sheep's-head, 

 conceniing which he ha.s furnished us with tlic best information 

 that we pos«K*sa : 



