The North Country Angler. 89 



these lines with an engine, and wrap the plaits 

 to one another, with well-waxed white silk. 

 Sometimes, I choose to put on a minnow, and 

 then I can but have one hook on a snood, and 

 bait it with a needle. After the river is risen to 

 its full height, the best of this way of fishing is 

 over: any time of the year, if there is not much 

 ice coming down with the flood, you may catch 

 fish, if you can but endure the cold. 



