TO LAY AND TAKE TIP EEL LINES. 97 



had better keep his lines and baits in store for dark nights, 

 especially the first week of a new moon and the last of an 

 old one. 



How to cast in Chain Lines and take 

 them up. 



If the nights are cold, cast your line in so that it will lay 

 near the side of or under the bank, rather than in a shallow 

 or current, because the Eels can then see the bait and 

 take it close to their holes, for they will not move or run far 

 during cold nights. When you lay chain lines in running 

 waters, cast in the first brick up the stream, the other down 

 the current will then keep the hooks hanging free from 

 each other. 



When you come to take up chain lines, you must 

 first provide yourself with stout drag hooks (sold at all 

 fishing-tackle shops) fastened to plenty of strong cord; 

 throw in the hooks over the part you placed the line in 

 the water, and draw it to the shore. Single lines may be 

 drawn in by the hand or taken up by a forked stick or 

 trimmer rod, by putting the fork under the line near the 

 hooks and hoisting it up. 



