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two latter are frequently taken when trolling 

 for Jack or Pike, particularly if you have a 

 live Gudgeon on your hook. The Roach, 

 Dace, and Gudgeon are decidedly the best 

 baits for Jack or Pike ; the Bleak may be used 

 in thick water, because it is a very bright fish, 

 but it is too thin to look well on the hook, 

 and very soon loses it scales : small Chub and 

 Perch, with the back fin cut off, are used when 

 no better can be met with. The shops keep 

 artificial baits for trolling, both of fish and 

 frogs, made of wood, pearl, and also of leather 

 stuffed and painted, and which, in form and 

 colour, much resemble nature, but I should 

 never think of using them while there was a 

 possibility of getting a natural one : when 

 they are used, it is with the snap, which I 

 think shows judgment, for surely the most 

 sanguine angler could hardly expect a Pike to 

 pouch either wood, pearl, or leather even with 

 the addition of stuffing. 



There are several methods practised in 



