62 £)f f tilling. 



There are fcveral forts of Tronts highly prizable ; 

 ?LSthliFordUge-TroHt^X.}\t Amerly-'troHt,thQ BulL-Troiit 

 in NorthumberUnd^ with many more which I fhall for- 

 bear to mention, but ouly tell you what is generally 

 obferved^ and th^it is, that the red and yellow Tro«fi 

 are the belt, and as to the Sex , the Female is thebeft, 

 having a lefs head and a deeper body then the Male. 

 By their Hog- back you fhall know that they are in fea-. 

 fon , with the like note for all other fifh. 



The Trom isuiually caught with a Worm, Minnow 

 or Fly natiiral or arLiticial. There arc feveral forts of 

 Worms which are baits for the Angler j the Earth- 

 worm, the Dug-worm, the Mat^got oroentle^ but 

 for the 7rtf/<f, the Lob- worm and Brandling are the 

 beft, or Squirril-tail, having a red head, ftreakt df>wn 

 the back, aad a broad Tail. The Brandling is found 

 commonly in an old Dung-hill, Cow-dung. Hogs- 

 dung, or Tanners-bnrk. Here note, that whatever 

 Worms you fifh wirhal are the better for keeping^ 

 which muft be in an Earthen pot with Mofs, which 

 you muft change often in Summer, that is, once in 

 three or four daies, and in twice as long time in Win- 

 ter. 



When you fifh for a Trout by hand on the ground, 

 take a Lob-worm and clap your Hook into him a little 

 above the middle, and out again a little below the 

 fame ^ then draw your Worm above the arming of 

 your Hook,making your firft entrance at the Tail end, 

 thait the point of the Hook may come out at the 

 Head-end. 



When you fifli with a Minnoyv^ take the whitefl: and 

 middle-fized,fortbofe are thebeft, and place him fo 

 on your Hook, that he may turn round when he is 

 drawn againft the Stream. 



The beft Inftructions f for putting the Minmsv on 

 the Hook) which I can lay down are thefe : Put your 



Hook 



