30 THE ART OF FISHING. 



CHAPTER VII. 



TROLLING - THE LINT, NOT REQUIRED TO BE SO LARGE AS IN 

 SNAPPING - OF THE HOOK TO BE USED - ALWAYS TO BLUNT THE 

 POINTS HOTV TO TREAT YOUR FISH WHEN YOU HAVE HOOKED 

 HIM AT TROLL - OF THE REEL. 



THE art of trolling comes now under our con- 

 sideration, a much easier art than that of snapping, 

 although it requires great nicety and careful 

 fishing to secure success ; such as casting the bait, 

 sometimes at a great distance from you, and in 

 that case to let the bait fall lightly on the water, 

 as the greater the distance you cast, the more you 

 add to that difficulty. For directions in casting 

 your Line, see the article on Snapping, page 24. 

 Your line should be much smaller, say by half, 

 than your snapping line ; for no great strength is 

 required to hold your fish when he shall have 

 gorged the bait, you giving him sufficient time 

 to run at his pleasure. Your hook should be a 

 double one, though perhaps a single one might 

 answer the purpose, and possibly less likely to 

 prevent the pike from swallowing the bait. The 



