90 THE TROLLER'S GUIDE. 



, a hook is said to stand rank, when the points stand widcj or 

 much outwards. 



RUN : the troller says he has got a run when he has a bite. 



RUN : Eels are said to run, when they move from their hidden places 

 in search of food, or to go to other waters. 



SPLATE A PIKE, is to cut it up. 



SNAP HOOKS, dead or plain, are synonimous terms ; meaning all hooks 

 used in Jack fishing that are made without springs ; not because 

 they are baited with dead fish. 



SEASON, Jack and Pike are said to be out of season after they have 

 spawned until they have freely recovered their flesh and proper 

 colours 



TAKE FISH or KILL FISH, synonimous terms, anglers seldom say catch 

 or caught. 



THREADLING A BAIT, is when a needle is used to bait a hook, such as 

 the gorge hook, Eel hooks when baited for sniggling, night lines, &c. 

 or in live-bait fishing, when the hooks lay at the shoulder (see 

 chap. III.) 



TRACES are made with certain lengths of gimp, trolling line, or 

 twisted gut) joined together with swivels, and then iixed to the 

 trolling line (see chap. V.) 



TRIMMER, hook or hooks baited with a live fish or frog, and affixed to 

 a line, and placed or laid in the water ; the line being fastened to 

 a runner, cork, peg. or any thing, except a rod, constitute laying a 



trimmer. 



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TROLLING, angling for Jack or Pike, from the Latin, Lucium Pisiculo 

 inescare (see chap 1.) 



TROLL AT HOME: the angler is said to troll at home when he fishes 

 near the bank or shore; and Jack or. Pike are said to be found at 

 home, when they take and pouch a baited hook, without running far. 



