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Grains are good ground-bait for carp, tench, and 

 eels, in ponds or still waters ; but they must be 

 quite fresh, for if they be in the least sour, the fish 

 will not come near them. They should be thrown 

 in the night before you intend to fish ; the same 

 method ought to be observed when you ground- 

 bait with worms. Some anglers prefer coarse 

 ground-bait made with clay, soaked greaves, and 

 oat-chaff, for barbel and chub. 



Necessary Articles. 



The following articles also will be found use- 

 ful, and most of them indispensable. A little 

 whetstone to sharpen your hooks ; hooks for troll- 

 ingthe gorge, snap, &c. tied on gimp ; winches 

 for running tackle; disgorger; split shot; hooks 

 tied on gut of various sizes, to No. 12 ; hooks tied 

 on hair, from No. 11 to 13; bags for worms; gen- 

 tle boxes; floats of various sizes; plummets for 

 taking the depth; baiting needles; caps for floats; 

 kettle for carrying live bait; rods for trolling and 

 bottom fishing; drag to clear the line, when en- 

 tangled in heavy weeds; landing net; clearing- 

 ring; lines of gut, hair, &c. those of four yards 

 long will be found most useful. 



OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH. ; 

 Trout. 



The trout varies considerably in colour, and also 

 in size; the usual size is about half a pound. The 

 common trout is a very handsome fish, having a 

 well-formed body, not unlike a salmon, though 

 rather stouter in proportion to its length : its head, 



