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hooked by its own weight in the turn-down it 

 makes on seizing the lure. 



As hooked sea-trout are very energetic hi play, 

 and apt to make sudden leaps out of water, the 

 fisherman will do well to keep cool and be on his 

 guard, ever ready to lower his rod-top simul- 

 taneously with a j ump. The sooner one is grassed 

 the better, as the commotion kicked up by its 

 plunging is likely to scare others from that 

 vicinity, at least for awhile ; therefore hold 

 hard, play strongly, and be unsparing of the butt 

 in keeping it away from any of the danger-points 

 previously noted. The hold is usually good in 

 night-fishing, and the circumstances are rather 

 against the more careful and delicate handling 

 which daylight might render advisable. 



Some of the above remarks also apply to worm- 

 fishing. But one worm hook is to be recom- 

 mended, for with Pennell tackle the very probable 

 hooking of eels the night angler's bete noire, would 

 surely complicate matters ; besides which, this 

 tackle would not be suitable with salmon gut. 

 For choice of hook, a Model-Perfect, size 5, is a 

 good one, though any straight round-bend of this 

 size will do. I think a long-shanked hook has the 

 objection of allowing a biting fish to feel the steel 

 too much, when it might eject the bait before the 



