60 TRIMMERING. 



most exciting sport within their scope to those 

 who do not throw a fly for trout, and have not the 

 luxury of salmon-fishing, I shall describe those 

 several ways ; and though, individually, I may 

 hold one kind in higher estimation than another, I 

 am well aware that great skill, perseverance, and 

 knowledge of the art, are required in making a 

 successful practitioner in any. 



TRIMMERING. 



Trimmers and night-lines may, in the opinion of 

 many of my readers, come within the category of 

 poaching implements, and I confess they somewhat 

 savour of irregular proclivities in a sportsman ; 

 still a fish is sometimes wanted for dinner ; time is 

 sometimes wanting for regular fishing ; jack must 

 sometimes be taken by proxy ; and some young 

 sportsmen are, happily or unhappily, ready to 

 take the sport the fates provide them, and be 

 thankful 



" Turning to mirth all things on earth," 



as only the young in heart can. In a great lake 

 or a large mere well stocked with pike, no better 

 or more productive sport can be desired than that 

 of trimmering. I have killed a hundredweight and 

 upwards of jack in a day. 



