74 THE TROLLER'S GUIDE. 



restrictions. This two-handed Snap fishing for Jack and 

 Pike, is practised in the following manner : take about 

 forty or fifty yards of strong cord, sash or jack line, 

 and fasten each end to poles about seven or eight feet 

 long, and on each pole, fasten a large winch that will 

 hold fifty yards of the strongest plaited silk trolling line ; 

 in the middle of the strong line (which is fastened to the 

 poles) tie on a small brass or wooden pulley, then draw 

 the trolling line from the winches and pass it through the 

 pulley; now bait a Snap hook or hooks with a full sized 

 bait fish, and fix it to the trolling line, and all is ready to 

 commence two-handed Snap fishing. The parties managing 

 the poles, proceed directly opposite each other, on the 

 banks of rivers or other waters, and let their baited hooks 

 in places where they expect to find ; and when they feel 

 a bite, one strikes very smartly, and his companion then 

 lowers or otherways manages his pole, so as to give him, 

 any or every assistance while he is killing and 

 getting the Jack or Pike ashore. When the gorge hook 

 is used in this way of fishing, it is then proper to have 

 two pulleys fastened to the thick cord, near the center of 

 it, at about a yard apart, because, when (or if only one 

 pulley then but one line should be used) one angler feels 

 a run, the other should immediately keep all still while 

 the fish pouches ; this cannot be so well done when both 

 lines pass through one pulley, and the troller knows that 

 if Jack or Pike are not well on the feed, they will throw 

 or drop the bait from the least check or alarm. In some 



