THE TROLLER'S GUIDE. 



following heads, viz. Trolling, Live-Bait Fishing and Snap 

 Fishing. Trolling, in this limited sense of the word, 

 means taking Jack or Pike with the gorge hook ; Live-Bait 

 Fishing, when a floated line is used ; and Snap Fishing, 

 when the angler so places his baited hooks that immedi- 

 ately he feels a bite he strikes with much force, and ge- 

 nerally throws over his head, or drags the Jack or Pike 

 on shore, instead of playing his victim till he is exhausted. 

 (I shall fully explain those different modes of angling in 

 Chap. X. with observations on the advantages and merits 

 of each.) 



Trolling, I consider a valuable branch of fishing, afford- 

 ing the angler several months amusement during the year, 

 and it may be practiced without danger to the health, 

 when every other mode of angling ceases to be either 

 profitable or prudent to follow; for as the winter ap- 

 proaches fish seldom rise to the surface of the water, but 

 leave the sharps, shallows and scowers, for the more deep 

 and still parts of rivers, or other waters ; then the fly 

 fisherman may lay by his fly tackle, for his occupation 

 is gone until the vernal quarter is well advanced. Barbel, 

 Carp, Tench, Perch, Eels, Gudgeon, and Dace, also 

 refuse the choicest bait the wily angler can offer them 

 when the winter commences, though Chub and Roach 

 will certainly take a bait very freely at bottom during the 

 \rhole winter, yet the angler, who is subject to the cramp, 

 or rheumatic affections, or is advancing in years, will 



