CHAPTER XIV. 

 LIVE-BAITING FOR TROUT AND PERCH. 



The bait-can Its inconvenience The best kind Trout 

 and live bait Tackle Baits The Thames style 

 11 Prodigies of patience " Float-fishing Paternostering 

 Roving Roving with a worm. 



I DO not wish to cast any reflections on Nature and 

 the ordered system by which the half of it obtains 

 its dinner when I confess that I am not very fond 

 of using live small fish to catch hungry great fish. 

 Without having analysed my feelings in the matter 

 very minutely, I am inclined to attribute my disin- 

 clination at least in part to the bait-can nuisance. 

 For live-baiting, as this system of fishing is called, 

 a bait-can is essential, and the carrying of it over 

 long distances is a weary proceeding. Still, the 

 angler who wishes to be ready for all emergencies 

 ought to possess one, and to know how to use the 

 bait carried in it. The best kind is, I think, one of 

 oval shape that has a removable interior made of 

 perforated zinc, which can be taken out and sunk 



