56 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



a heavy fish, give him line, and be not in too 

 great haste to land him. 



With yielding hand feeling- him still, 



Yet 10 his furious course give way, 



Till floating- broad upon his breathless side, 



You safely drag your spangle'd prize on shore. 



The Trout is very strong, and struggles 

 most violently ; sometimes, as soon as he feels 

 the hook, he will leap out of the water more 

 than a foot high, and on falling again, will 

 fly about in every direction, to the great alarm 

 of the angler for his rod, line or hook. 



And flies aloft, and flounces round the pool. 



I have taken many Trout, when the water 

 has been too bright for using strong tackle, by 

 putting two or three yards of fine gut at the 

 bottom, with a No. 10 hook, baited with one 

 red worm of the largest size, well scoured. 

 Run the point of the hook in near the tail, and 

 draw the worm over the whipping or arming 

 of your hook, the point and barb will then 



