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ing; as soon as the Jack or Pike seizes the bait, the line 

 loosens, and runs from the groove of the cork free, and 

 allows the fish to retire to his haunt, and pouch at leisure.. 

 These floating trimmers are named, by many, the man-of- 

 war trimmers, from the largeness of the cork, and may 

 be purchased at all the principal fishing tackle shops. 

 Some use only a wisp of straw or rushes, and tie two or 

 three yards of string to a baited hook, and often kill. 



1. 



1. Rod to place and take up trimmers and dead lines. 



2. Bank-runner trimmers baited with a live bait. 



The Bank- Runner, Trimmer, Sfc. 



The bank-runner is mostly used in the day, while the 

 angler is fishing for Roach, Barbel, &c. These trimmers 

 are stuck in the bank, the bottom being strong turned 

 wood sharpened for the purpose, with a winder at top for 

 the line, which is fitted in the same manner as the man-of- 

 war, but you must have a cork and bullet to the line, see 



