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fish taken for the jnirposo, alonj; i]\c lake shores or in hrooks. 

 Thcv are exceed iufjiy stronj? and aetive — (pudities which (h-h<^ht 

 tlie aiif^h^r. When first hooked, tliey run very wild, and 

 ahnost invariahly rise to the surfaee, and h-ap one, two, and 

 even tlirec feet in tlic air, shaking; the head violently, cvi(h'ntly 

 witli a view to dislod'^e the fatal hook. Krecjnently, whih* 

 making their rnns, they will snddcnly tnrn and eonie with all 

 their power directly towards tlieir enemy, and hy thns slaekinj; 

 the line, will succeed in shaking: the hook U)Osc ; this often 

 happens with inexperienced fisljcrmen, hut more rarely with the 

 angler who holds a i^ood reel and winds rapidly. The most 

 beautiful mode of an;;lin«; for them, is trolling, cither with live 

 hait or an artificial My of large size and gay appearance. The 

 writer ha-s succeeded remarkaldy well with a fly made on alargc- 

 si/e I.imeriek hook, such as are used for Stripid Bass when 

 fishing with crab hait. The lly is made as follows: — Body of a 

 peacock feather, wings of a scarlet kerseymere and white pigeon 

 feathers; or, the feather stripped from a white goose-cinill, and 

 wound round like the liackle, and surmounted with thin strips of 

 scarlet forewings. For trolling pleasantly and comfortably, the 

 angler should provide a moveable seat, which he can place across 

 the gunwale of Ids boat, in order that he may sit with his back 

 to the oarsman, and facing the stern. Thus he will Ikim- lull 

 command of his rod and line, and not be sitting in the cramp- 

 ing attitude which the lowness of the scats would cause. He 

 should reel otT fifty to sixty, or even one liundred or niore feet 

 of line, and in going over shallow rccfa of seven or eight feet 

 depth, two hundred feet, as the fish feeding on the reefs usually 

 dart aside :\s the boat passes, and (h) not return immediatelv to 



