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about eight inches from the hook, and may 

 consist of two or more shot, in size according 

 to the strength of the current. The best baits 

 are well scoured lob or dew worms, or a 

 couple of brandlings ; and the edges of 

 streams are the most likely for sport. The 

 line should be so held as to admit the percep- 

 tion of the slightest impediment ; for when it 

 stops the Angler should strike, as he will ge- 

 nerally find the cause of the hindrance to have 

 proceeded from the biting of a fish. 



This diversion is so inferior to that which 

 fly fishing affords, that few who have the 

 opportunity of making choice will hesitate 

 in their preference of the latter ; but when 

 fishermen make distant excursions from 

 home for the express purpose of indulging 

 their inclination for the amusement of Ang- 

 ling, they ought to be enabled to avail them- 

 selves of every fair method which may yield 

 them sport. 



