3 ART OF ANGLING. 



To Troll for a Pike. 



THE best baits to troll with, are small Trout, 

 Greyling, Bleak, Gudgeons, Roach, Dace, and 

 young Frogs ; the fish baits varying from one 

 to four ounces in weight. The rod for trolling 

 must be long and stout, the line strong and 

 twenty yards or more in length, wound upon a 

 reel ; the bottom to be about twelve inches of 

 gimp, or strong twisted gut, to which a box 

 swivel is attached to help the bait to turn freely ; 

 two hooks, No. 5, tied back to baok are gene- 

 rally used : some anglers suspend a lead plum- 

 met, of a conical form, between the hooks by a 

 short piece of gut, which thev force into the 

 mouth or throat of the bait to make it sink bet- 

 ter ; the bait to be hung securely by the upper 

 lip on one of the hooks. In trolling it is advisa- 

 ble to have the casting line about the length of 

 the rod, and to hold loosely in the left hand a 

 yard or more of reel-line, until, with a jerk from 

 the right hand you cast the bait in the water. 

 When the jerk is given, let the line which is 

 held in the left hand pass from its hold gradu- 

 ally, so that the bait may not be checked when 

 cast out, by holding the line too fast; or that 

 it may fall short of where you wish to place it, 

 which it will do, if you let go the line altogether 

 when you make the jerk. By noticing these ob- 

 servations, and with a little practice, you may 



