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the hole. You may angie the same way with 

 two brandlings. If you use two cadises with the 

 wings, run your hook in at the head and out at 

 the neck of the first, and quite through the other 

 from head to taiL 



The Minnow is the most excellent of all baits 

 for the trout ; when you fish with one choose the 

 whitest, and middle-sized ones, these being the 

 best ; and you must place him on your hook in 

 such a manner, that being drawn against the 

 stream he may turn round. The best way of 

 baiting with a minnow is thus : put your hook 

 in at liis mouth, and out at his gill, drawing it 

 through about three inches : then put the hook 

 again into his mouth, and let the point and 

 beard come out at his tail; then tie the hook and 

 his tail with a fine white thread, and let the body 

 of the minnow be almost straight on the hook ; 

 then try if it turns well, which it cannot do too 

 fast. Angle with the point on your rod down the 

 stream, drawing the minnow up the stream by 

 little and iittle, near the top of the water. When 

 the trout sees the bait, he will come most fiercely 

 at it, but be careful not to snatch it away, which 

 at first you may be apt to do; and never strike 

 till he has turned with the bait. 



N. B. In this way of angling a ringed rod is 

 to be always used, with a winch for your line, 

 which should have two or three swivels on it ; 

 by which means the minnow will spin the better. 



Trouts are most voiacious fishes, and afford 

 the angler excellent diversion ; the passion for 

 the spoil of angling is so great in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, that the liberty of ang- 

 ling in some of the streams of the adjacent 

 counties, is purchased at the rate of ten pounds 

 per annum. 



