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but strike as soon as you have a bite, and if 

 the place is dangerous you must not give 

 them an inch of line, but hold them directly 

 under the point of your rod. Be sure you 

 keep out of sight as much as possible. A 

 good plan is to stand away from the place 

 where they are most likely to take the bait, 

 and let your float pass away from you into it, 

 keeping your rod high, and ready to strike 

 with your long line. But that method will 

 only answer in open places. The worm 

 should be used when the day is cold and 

 cloudy, and especially if the water be a little 

 coloured, and the river full. Sometimes, in 

 the first of the season, they will take the 

 worm very close to the bank, for they have 

 only just begun to move about near their 

 winter quarters, and are looking about for food 

 very near home; but as the season advances 

 they will be more and more inclined to sport 

 and feed in the open stream. 



When you fish with a minnow, if you 

 use a live one, the same tackle that you 

 use with a worm will do. There are two 

 ways of baiting with it, one by hooking it 

 just below the back fin, and the other by 

 hooking it through both lips. We prefer the 



