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a running stream if opportunity presents or 

 be replaced in the outer can after a change 

 of water." 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE BANK RUNNER, TRIMMER, ETC. 



SOME anglers, while fishing for Jack with a 

 rod and line, lay in a bank-runner ; this is 

 stuck firmly in the bank, the upright being 

 sharpened to a point for the purpose, the reel 

 on the top having on it twenty yards or so of 

 strong water-cord ; on it is placed a live-bait 

 float, or bung large enough to carry the bullet 

 which keeps the bait down, and which is fixed 

 between two shots a foot from the end of the 

 line, to which is fastened a strong hook swivel ; 

 this is now ready to receive the baited hook, 

 which may either be a single hook inserted 

 through the lips of the bait, or a double hook 

 threadled under the skin, as mentioned before. 

 The bank-runner, without the float and baited 

 with a dead fish or a large lob- worm, is much 

 used for taking Eels. 



Many large Pike are taken in ponds by 

 using a trimmer, but this is an unsportsman- 

 like way of fishing, and is only mentioned now 

 because it is sometimes used. The trimmer 



