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THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



and cause a motion in the point of the rod, easily seen or 

 felt; then you must strike firm, or the hook will not enter 

 the mouth of the fish, which is very tough. By throwing 

 in plenty of ground bait (see " Ground Bait, No. 1,"), and 

 following these directions, I have no doubt of your taking 

 plenty of fine Barbel from July till October. (The same 

 tackle is used with gimp instead of gut for Eels.) You 

 may often take Perch, Chub, &c. on these lines in the 

 Lea and other parts, by night or day. 



When you lay in a ledger for Jack, (which you may do 

 when Roach-fishing,) have a bank trimmer, of the following 

 description : a peg, ten inches long, to fix in the ground, 

 with a rf el on the top to hold the line ; this may be cord 

 or silk, the bottom of which should be fitted up with gimp 

 below the ledger lead, (for how to bait which see " Live- 

 bait Gorge-hook," "Trolling"); a foot above the bait fix 

 a cork of a bottle. I generally let the line go through the 

 centre of the cork, and two feet above that put a large 

 shot tight on the line, to prevent the ledger lead sliding 

 towards the cork, so that the line may run through it 

 without dragging the lead after it; the cork will cause the 

 bait to swim about a foot or more from the ground, as this 

 section of the river will best explain: 



then fix the line lightly in the notch of the reel, so that 

 when a Jack takes it he may easily pull it out, and then 

 the line will let him run without checking him. The 

 ledger is used sometimes with two or three hooks for Eels, 

 baited with dead fish, lamprey, worms, &c. These are 

 the only things I can recommend it for. 



