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draw it steadily upwards towards the surface, 

 and to right and left, drawing it up and 

 sinking it. It is by moving it about in 

 this way that it spins round and attracts the 

 fish. Sometimes the jack or pike runs only 

 two or three yards with the bait before gorging 

 it. This occurs when the bait is seized when 

 jack is near his haunt. 



And observe, that the brighter the water, 

 the finer must be your trace and tackle : 

 and in very bright water you should move 

 the bait about quicker, and draw it sharper 

 across the stream than when the water is 

 thick or cloudy. 



The troller must constantly look to his 

 bait and keep it clean and fresh. If the 

 scales become rubbed off, or the flesh torn, 

 or if weeds are hanging about it, pike will 

 not take the bait. When live fish are used 

 as baits they cannot be too fresh, nor too 

 carefully handled. It is not necessary that 

 the bait should always be a live one. If the 

 little fish are fresh and free from external 

 injury, they will do ; but a live bait is con- 

 sidered by some trollers more enticing. 



