116 ANCIENT ANGLING AUTHORS 



except some one (that hath skill) would paint them, 

 I can neither well give their names nor describe 

 them, without too much trouble and prolixity. . . . 



When you angle with the artificial flie, you must 

 either fish in a River not fully cleared from some rain 

 lately fallen, that had discoloured it ; or in a Moorish 

 River, discoloured by moss or bogs ; or else in a dark 

 cloudy day, when a gentle gale of wind moves the water. 



In the chapter "Of Angling at the ground," a 

 form of tackle is described resembling that which is 

 now known as a " Paternoster " : 



When you angle at ground for small fish, put two 

 hooks to your line fastned together thus ; Lay the 

 two hooks together, then draw the one shorter than 

 the other by nine inches, this causeth the other end 

 to over-reach as much as that is shorter at the hooks, 

 then turn that end back to make a bought or boute, 

 and with a Water-knot (in which you must make both 

 the links to fasten) tye them so as both links may 

 hang close together, and not come out at both ends 

 of the knot ; upon that link which hangeth longest, 

 fasten your Lead near a foot above the hook, put 

 upon your hooks two different baits, and so you 

 may try (with more ease and less time) what bait the 

 fish love best : and also very often (as I have done) 

 take two fish at once with one Rod : You have also by 

 this experiment, one bait for such as feed close upon 

 the ground, as Gudgeon, Flounder, &c. and another for 

 such as feed a little higher, as Roch, Dace, &c. 



The method of examining the contents of the 

 stomach of the first fish taken is given in greater 

 detail than in the Treatyse of ffysshyng with an 

 Angle: 



The first fishuyou take cut up his belly, and you may 



