4() BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



delights to shelter himself behind large stones, 

 or small banks that hang over the river, which 

 the stream running against, creates a foa ,1 ; also 

 in the eddies between two streams ; his hold is 

 usually und' r the roots of trees, and in hallow 

 banks in the deepest parts of rivers. When you 

 angle for him at the ground, let the link of your 

 line, next the hook, be the best silk worm gut 

 you can provide ; and have a nice elastic rod, 

 which will enable you to strike true, and to feel 

 him when he bites. Angle for him with a run- 

 ning line, and begin at the upper part of the 

 stream, carrying your line with an upright hand, 

 and feeling your lead run on the ground about 

 ten inches from the hook, leading your line ac- 

 cording to the swiftness of the stream ; as before 

 directed. If you bait eittier with one or two 

 worms, follow the manner of baiting with them 

 which I have laid down in the rules, and you 

 will run on the ground without being entangled. 

 There is a very kiting method likewise for- a 

 large trout ; make a pair of wings of the feather 

 of a land-rail, and point your hook with one or 

 more cadises ; your hook should be bristled, that 

 is, when you whip on your hook, fasten a hog's 

 bristle under the silk, with the end standing out 

 about a straw's breadth at the head of the hook, 

 from under the silk, and pointing towards the 

 line, by which means the head of the cadis will 

 be kept close to the wings ; angle with a rod 

 about five yards long, and a line about three ; 

 cast the wings and cadis up the stream, which 

 will drive it down under the water towards the 

 lower part of the hole; then draw it up the 

 stream v<ry gently, though irregularly, at the 

 same time shaking your rod, and in a few casts 

 you will be sure to hook him, if there is one in 



