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in the tackle, with which, before he would pronounce 

 his judgment, he fished for a whole morning. The 

 previous one, on fly fishing, I have submitted to the 

 very best fly fisher I ever saw ; but as it would ill 

 become me to repeat his remarks, I must leave the 

 correctness of it to the judgment of the reader. 



There are generally known three other modes of 

 trolling. The first is the diving minnow., which is 

 precisely on the same plan as the gorge-hook for 

 pike. This answers well in very deep holes, where 

 you may frequently kill trout when the sun is too 

 bright for the more common mode of trolling. On this 

 plan, you must, of course, loosen the line, and allow 

 the trout some time to pouch his bait. The second 

 is the artificial winnow, which is the worst of all ; 

 because it does not, in general, spin so well ; and, 

 particularly, because it is too frequently made of 

 hard materials, on which a fish, unless very hungry, 

 will seldom close his mouth enough to get hooked. 

 The third is called the kUl-der'd, and although, in 

 appearance, not near so like a real fish as the other, 

 yet it spins so well, and is so much softer in the 

 mouth, that it answers, I think, the best of all plans, 

 when you cannot procure the natural bait. Any good 

 fishing-tackle shop will furnish these articles, and 

 therefore it would be a waste of time and of paper 

 to give a minute description of them. 



WORM-FISHING. Though fishing with a lob- 

 worm cannot be called trolling, yet it may be right, 

 en /W.V.SY////, merely to state, that this is the best way 



