1 86 ELEMENTS OF ANGLING. 



baits one a size or two larger. I always hook 

 minnows through both lips, and the other baits 

 through the upper lip only. For trout fishing with 

 big baits some anglers use an arrangement known 

 as a " flight," and consisting of a small treble hook 

 or triangle, and a small single hook tied on the gut 

 about i|in. above it. This is inserted into the 

 bait's lip, while the triangle is allowed to hang 

 loose, or, better, is inserted by one point just 

 under the skin by the back fin. This is the tackle 

 commonly used on the Thames, but some of the 

 best Thames anglers are content with a single hook 

 as described. 



There are several styles of live-baiting for trout 

 and perch, adopted originally to meet the needs of 

 different kinds of water. 'First, there is the Thames- 

 trout style, in which a live bleak is drifted dowrn 

 stream on or near the surface to a fish that may be 

 twenty, may be forty, yards off. A very light, well- 

 greased line at least 100 yards long, a little float 

 made of half a wine-bottle cork placed three or 

 four yards above the bait, and very little lead, if 

 any, are required for this fishing. But unless the 

 novice lives by the river I do not recommend him 

 to live-bait for Thames trout. If he will not be 

 warned, let him go to any weir some fine Saturday 

 in May and watch the experts at work, or rather at 



