THE ANGLER, 



tie a linen cloth that will admit air, and yet 

 prevent them escaping. Place them in a cool 

 situation, and the worms will feed and cleanse 

 themselves, and keep lively and fit for use for 

 many months." 



Paste may be frequently used as bait, espe- 

 cially in still waters. To make it, take some 

 crumb of bread, well moisten it, and work it up 

 in the palm of the hand until it obtains a proper 

 consistency. This will be found a good bait for 

 carp, roach, and chub. For the latter fish, a 

 still better bait is made by adding to the crumb 

 of bread some rotten cheese. Paste, kneaded 

 until it is solid enough to sink, is an excellent 

 ground-bait for most kinds of still-water fish. 



THE WINCH, OR EEEL. 



The winch, or reel, is an instrument by which 

 the angler is enabled to vary the length of his 

 line, according to cir- 

 cumstances. It is a 

 most useful addition to 

 a rod, and few anglers 

 omit to use it. Indeed, 

 salmon and pike-fishing 

 is almost impossible 

 without the winch, as THE WINCH. 



both these fish require to be " played" for a 

 considerable time before they can be landed. 

 For ordinary sport, an ordinary winch will 

 serve; but for extraordinary sport, such as 

 salmon-fishing, a, multiply ing winch which lets 

 out a great length of line at one turn of the 





