THE ANGLER' GUIDE. 



if it swims within their reach. When you 

 feel a bite, let him run, and allow him ten 

 minutes time for pouching before you strike. 



Various other ways are practised for taking 

 Jack, Pike and Perch, by night-lines, trim- 

 mers, &c. ; but such methods are justly re- 

 probated by the true angler, who exercises 

 his skill and art for amusement more than 

 profit, By those night-lines and trimmers, 

 many of the largest Pike and Perch are 

 killed. The trimmers most used in pools, 

 ponds, and still waters, are thrown in baited, 

 and frequently left all night, and are taken up 

 from a boat : if the place is not too broad, you 

 may get them with your drag. These trim- 

 mers are made of strong thin cord, with a hook 

 tied to gymp and wound on a piece of flat 

 cork about five inches in diameter, with a 

 groove to admit the line; the hook is baited 

 witli a Gudgeon, Roach, or some small fish: 

 you then draw as much line out as admits the 

 bait to hang about a foot from the bottom. 



