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strike, and take him down the stream; the nature of 

 your tackle will almost secure you the fish, (unless he 

 be a monster,) if you use any thing like judgment. 



Float-fishing is generally practised in holes and 

 eddies, or gentle gravelly deeps. A No. 8 hook, 

 fine gut line, and shotted to the current, the bait 

 touching the bottom ; put three or four gentles on your 

 hook. When you have a bite, let your float sink 

 about a foot, then strike ; some prefer striking imme- 

 diately, but the tender nature of a Trout's mouth 

 makes me rather wait a moment, than run the chance 

 of losing him, by striking too soon ; in whipping 1 it is 

 different ; you must then have at him when he rises, 

 or not at all. 



Minnow fishing for Trout is with a live Minnow 

 hooked through the upper lip, and a float to swim 

 him, with shot sufficient to keep your bait about 

 mid water, or rather lower ; when he bites, give him 

 a little more time than before, and then strike sharp. 



Minnow spinning is best performed by tying five 

 No. 8 hooks on stout gut ; tie shank to shank at the 

 end of the gut, one about an inch up the gut, another 

 an inch higher, and one between the two on the op- 

 posite side of the gut, that is, between the two top- 

 most hooks ; there will then be two on one side, and 

 three on the other ; stick the end hook of the three 

 through both the lips of the Minnow, the other 

 through the back, and the third through the tail, 

 bending; the tail back a little before you put in the 

 last hook, that the fish may spin ; there will then be 



