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your line straight, and it will bring him into a round 

 compass, and close his mouth that no water get in, 

 which you must avoid ; or you may stitch up his mouth ; 

 or you may, when you have set on your hook, fasten 

 some bristles under the silk, leaving the points about a 

 straw's breadth and half, or almost half an inch stand- 

 ing out towards the line, which will keep him from 

 slipping back. You may also imitate the minnow as 

 well as the fly, but it must be done by an artist with the 

 needle. 



You must also have a swivel or turn, placed about 

 a yard or more from your hook, observing you need no 

 lead on your line, for you must continually draw your 

 bait up the stream, near the top of the water. If you 

 strike a large Trout, and it should break either your 

 hook or line, or get off, then near to her hole, if you 

 can discover it, or the place you struck her, fix a short 

 stick in the water, and with your knife loose a small 

 piece of the rind, so as you may lay your line in it, and 

 yet the bark be close enough to keep your line in, that 

 it slip not out, nor the stream carry it away : bait your 

 hook with a garden or lob-worm, your hook and line 

 being very strong, let the bait hang a foot from the 

 stick, then fasten the other end of your line to some 

 stick or bough in the bank, and within one hour, you 

 may be sure of her, if all your tackle hold. 



The next way of angling is with a troll for the 

 Pike, which is very delightful -, you may buy your troll 

 ready made, therefore I shall not trouble myself to de- 

 scribe it, only let it have a winch to wind it up withall. 



