118 ART OF ANGLING. 



You should throw it till it comes to its end, and 

 then, by drawing in the hand, give it a little 

 check, so that it may be laid delicately in the 

 water, and not thrown in with a splash. The 

 very instant your minnow is in the water, begin 

 drawing it at one unvaried pace, down stream, 

 and then towards you, till near enough to re- 

 quire a fresh throw ; and in this as well as v& fly- 

 fishing, never keep trying too long in a place. 



If a fish comes after your minnow, never stop 

 it, or in any way alter the pace, or he will most 

 likely be off again directly ; though, if you can 

 tow your minnow into a rougher place, without 

 giving it any sudden motion, the fish will most 

 likely follow it there, and be still more easily 

 deceived than in the smoother water. Keep 

 your baits, with bran, in any thing but tin or 

 metal, which is liable to heat in warm weather. 

 This, I believe, is all that need be said on the 

 best mode of Trolling. 



The second way of Trolling is with the arti- 

 ficial minnow, which is the worst of all ; because 

 it does not, in general, spin so well ; and, par- 

 ticularly, because it is too frequently made of 

 hard materials, on which a fish, unless very 

 hungry, will seldom close his mouth enough to 

 get hooked. The third is called the kill-devil, 

 and although, in appearance, not near so like a 

 real fish as the other, yet it spins so well, and 



