10 FISHING GOSSIP. 



IEISH LOACH-TROLLING 



ITS OKIGIN AND PRACTICE. 



On Lough Neagh's bank, as the fisherman strays, 



When the clear cold eve's declining, 

 He sees the round towers of other days 



In the waves beneath him shining. 

 Thus shall Memory often, in dreams sublime, 



Catch a glimpse of the days that are over ; 

 Thus, sighing, look through the waves of Time 



For the long-faded glories they cover ! MOORE. 



IN a mood somewhat kindred to the spirit of these 

 beautiful verses, it occurred to us to " catch a 

 glimpse of the days that are over ;" and to rescue 

 from " the waves of time " a few recollections of 

 Irish angling half-a-century ago. 



The particular description of fishing indicated 

 was practised for some time as a secret in the larger 

 lakes of the midland counties ; and in its early 

 stages the harvest reaped was certainly great, and 

 the motives for concealment proportionate. It is not 

 to be supposed, however, that the value of a practice 

 so fertile in results, and conducted in the open day, 



