214 PREPARED GREAVES. 



use of ground -baits. One thing lie must cautiously 

 prevent, viz., the washing away of his ground- 

 bait by the strength of the current to a distance 

 too far from him to fish at. His hook-bait must 

 always drop in close by the spot on which his 

 ground-bait rests. 



In winter many anglers fish with prepared 

 greaves, bullock's brains and portions of the spinal 

 chord. A salmon was caught in the Trent with 

 bullock's pith in the winter of 1846-7. Greaves 

 are prepared by soaking pieces in water until they 

 become sufficiently soft, clean, and white. If 

 wrapped in leaves and kept cool, the preparation 

 will hold good for a week or longer. 



I have now in one chapter, a rather long one 

 certainly, stated all that is necessary to enable the 

 learner to bottom fish. I might have thrown out 

 many other suggestions, amusing and speculative, 

 rather than positively instructive ; but I have re- 

 frained, because I know the reader will by-and- 

 by sufficiently speculate for himself, and, J hope, 

 amusingly and successfully. I have laid down 

 the right principles for him to build on, and if he 

 keep them in view in all his angling-castle-build- 

 ing, his visions may be pleasantly realised, even 

 on a sandy foundation. 



A TRUTH OR TWO TOUCHING FISHING-RODS. A 



trout single-hand fly-rod should vary from eleven 

 to fourteen feet ; but the average and best general 



