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And you are to observe that he is very seldom 

 observed to bite at a minnow, yet sometimes he 

 will, and not usually at a fly, but more usually at a 

 worm, and then most usually at a lob or garden 

 worm, which should be well scoured, that is to 

 say, kept seven or eight days in moss before you 

 fish with them ; and if you double your time of 

 eight into sixteen, twenty, or more days, it is still 

 the better, for the worms will still be clearer, 

 tougher, and more lively, and continue so longer 

 upon your hook. And they may be kept still 

 longer by keeping them cool and in fresh moss ; 

 and some advise to put camphor into it. 



Note, also, that many use to fish for a salmon 

 with a ring of wire on the top of their rod, through 

 which the line may run to as great a length as 

 is needful when he is hooked. And to that end 

 some use a wheel about the middle of their rod or 

 near their hand, which is to be observed better by 

 seeing one of them than by a large demonstration 

 of words. 



And now I shall tell you that which may be 

 called a secret. I have been a-fishing with old 

 Oliver Henly, now with God, a noted fisher both 

 for trout and salmon, and have observed that he 

 would usually take three or four worms out of his 

 bag and put them into a little box in his pocket, 

 where he would usually let them continue half an 

 hour or more before he would bait his hook with 

 them. I have asked him his reason, and he has 

 replied, " He did but pick the best out, to be in 



