ANGLING REQUISITES. 



Plummets, a reel to hold the lines and floats, with a tackle 

 book to contain the reel and spare hooks, &c. A landing net 

 and handle is also indispensable ; also a bait box and bag. 



A Clearing Ring and a Drag will sometimes be found very 

 useful ; nor should spare float-caps and split shot, be forgotten. 



The best Gentles are those obtained from a bullock's liver, 

 cut several gashes in it, and then hang up till well fly-blown, 

 placing under it a tub containing damp sand to catch the 

 gentles as they fall. 



The Worms used in Angling are of several kinds ; the 

 largest, Lobworms, are found in gardens \ on a damp evening 

 in the summer, they may be gathered in great numbers. 

 Marshworms, are very common, they are next in size to the 

 lob. Brandlings are known by 'the yellow rings round the 

 body, and are found in dunghills. Bed-worms are of a fine 

 bright red color when well scoured. Blood-worms are about 

 an inch long, of a bright blood color, and are found in ponds 

 frequented by cows. The best method of cleaning or scouring 

 worms for use, is to place them on damp moss ; to preserve 

 them for a length of time, dip some old clean doarse cloths or 

 sacking into fatty liquor, not salt, and mix them with some 

 mould in a large tub, place the worms on the top, they will 

 soon crawl through to the bottom, feeding and cleansing 

 themselves ; if kept in a cool dark place they will keep lively 

 for months ; looking over them occasionally, to remove the 

 dead or sickly worms. 



Some Anglers while fishing with the Rod and Line, lay in 

 a Bank Runner ; the point of this is stuck firmly hi the 

 ground, the reel on the top contains about twenty yards of 

 water cord, at the end of which is fixed a hook swivel, and 

 about two feet up the line is fastened a small bullet ; it is 

 used with a live bait and float or bung for Jack ; or without 

 the float for Eels, baiting with a lob and letting the bullet 

 rest at the bottom of the water. 



Trimmers are also sometimes used in Ponds for taking 

 large Jack. These are set afloat with a live bait in the most 

 likely place, and are so constructed that when a Pike seizes 

 the bait, the Trimmer turns over and displays a different 

 color, being painted red one side, white the other. Ducks 



