28 ART OF ANGLING. 



bushes near to the river side, in the months of May 

 and June. The line should be from two to three 

 yards long, and it is best to be made of hard twisted 

 silk (which can be purchased at any of the tackle 

 shops), with a hook No. 6, or two hooks No. 8, tied 

 back to back; one or two flies may be used at a 

 time. The method of dibbing with the natural fly 

 is to drop the line over bushes, segs, rushes, or in 

 holes and curls where no other baits can be used ; 

 it is requisite to imitate as nearly as possible the 

 manner in which the flies rise off and fall upon 

 the water, and to be cautious when you see a fish 

 approach, which it does very suddenly, not to snatch 

 the bait away. 



The following method of taking Trout, is, by 

 some experienced anglers, much esteemed: Make 

 a pair of wings of the feather of a landrail, and on the 

 bend of the hook put one or two cadis ; the head of 

 the cadis should be kept close to the wings. Angle 

 with a rod about five yards long, the line three, and 

 the hook No. 3 or 4. Let the bait float down the 

 stream just below the surface, then gently draw it 

 up again a little irregularly by shaking the rod, and 

 if there be a fish in the place it will be sure to take 

 it. If two cadis be used with the wings put the 

 hook in at the head and out at the neck of the first, 

 and quite through the other from head to tail. Two 



