72 TROLLING. 



as you think likely to contain Jack or Pike ; let 

 it reach the bottom, then keep drawing it up 

 gently so as to cause it to spin as it rises, then 

 let it sink again till it is close to you, then cast 

 again; try up and down the stream, and if 

 you do not meet with success then move to 

 another place. 



When you have a run hold the top of your 

 rod down directly, and keep three or four yards 

 of loose line ready in your left hand, that he 

 may not be checked when he runs ; keep 

 drawing the line off the winch until he stops, 

 he will then most likely lie still three or four 

 minutes and run again, you must then draw or 

 wind in your line and strike smartly ; play him 

 till exhausted, then draw him gradually to a 

 convenient place and use your landing net or 

 hook, but do not trust to landing him with your 



