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the stream over the holes where they lay, at about two 

 or three inches from the bottom ; or you may lay at the 

 bottom with a coffin-lead, as described before for salmon. 



They also take salmon s roe freely, but I never knew 

 one to take the substitute paste. I have often baited with 

 cheese, &c. as advised by several authors : but to no 

 purpose. 



Though the larlel almost invariably remain attached 

 to some particular hole or over-falls, yet you will find it 

 advisable to use ground-bait, both before and while 

 angling; it being a great chance but you get a good 

 trout by so doing. For this purpose, clay and clotted 

 blood should be mixed into large balls, and be thrown 

 in, so as to lay where you keep your line. 



Give time when you have a bite, unless your rod be 

 pulled 5 when you should lose no time in striking. 



WKen you have hooked a fish manage him cautiously, 

 for, like the chul, he will be apt to run head on, at what- 

 ever he can see, and will even lash with his tail at your 

 line, and rub his nose against stones, stumps, or what- 

 ever offers, in the endeavour to disengage your hook. 

 Therefore hold him well out, in clear water, yielding 

 moderately when he pulls hard, so as to keep him in 

 temper. 



As your gut is apt to be chafed by the coffin-lead, 

 especially when you are obliged to throw your line out, 

 I recommend the fine China twisted line, which is sold 

 at all the tackle -shops in London, and at some in the 

 country, as being more calculated to resist the weight ; 

 it has not those knots, which in guts, hair, &c. are in- 

 evitable, and are extremely apt to give way, when a lead 

 is used. 



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