348 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part ii. 



THE THIRD DAY. 

 chapter xi. 



Viator. 



bo, Sir, now we are here, and set, let me have my 

 instructions for Angling for Trout and Grayling, at 

 the Bottom ; which, though not so easy, so cleanly, 

 nor, as 'tis said, so genteel, a way of fishing, as with 

 a fly, is yet (if I mistake not) a good holding way, 

 and takes fish when nothing else will. 



Pise. You are in the right, it does so : and a 

 worm is so sure a hait at all times, that, excepting 

 in a flood, I would I had laid a thousand pounds 

 that I killed fish more, or less with it, winter or 

 summer every day throughout the year ; those 

 days always excepted, that, upon a more serious 

 account, always ought so to be. But not longer 

 to delay you, I will begin : and tell you, that Ang- 

 ling at the Bottom is also commonly of two sorts ; 

 — and yet there is a third way of Angling with a 

 Ground bait, and to very great effect too, as shall 

 be said hereafter ; — namely, by Hand, or with a 

 Cork or Float. 



That we call Angling by Hand is of three sorts. 



The first : with a line about half the length of the 

 rod, a good weighty plumb, and three hairs next the 

 hook, which we call a running-line, and with one 

 large brandling, or a dew-worm of a moderate size, 



