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practice of using salmon-roe as bait ; but he used it in 

 a raw state, when it is not nearly so deadly a lure as 

 in the preserved form, and, being a practical fisherman, 

 he thought that any and every bait which would kill 

 fish was permissible. 



Barker is the first writer who mentions the reel and 

 gaff, and the following passage on night-fishing for 

 trout is worth quoting : 



" My Lord sent to me at Sun going down to provide 

 him a good dish of trouts against the next morning 

 by sixe of the clock. I went to the door to see how 

 the wanes of the air were like to prove. I returned 

 answer, that I doubted not, God willing, to be provided 

 at his time appointed. I went presently to the river 

 and it proved very dark, I drew out a line of three 

 silks and three hairs twisted for the uppermost part, 

 and a line of two silks and two hairs twisted for the 

 lower part, with a good large hook : I baited my hook 

 with two lob-worms, the four ends hanging as meet 

 [even] as I could guess them in the dark, I fell to 

 angle. It proved very dark, so that I had great sport 

 angling with the lob-worms as I doe with the flye 

 on the top of the water: you shall heer the fish rise 

 at the top of the water, then you must loose a slack 

 line down to the bottom as near as you can guess, 

 then hold your line strait, feeling the fish bite, give 

 time, there is no doubt of losing the fish, for there is 

 not one among twenty but doth gorge the bait ; the 

 least stroke you can strike fastens the hook and makes 

 the fish sure ; letting the fish take a turn or two you 

 may take the fish up with your hands. The night 



