30 ABT OF ANGLING. 



which all others that I have ever seen, read of, 

 or heard of, had no chance whatever; but have 

 remedied a few trifling defects that it had, and put 

 Chevalier in possession of the improvement. The 

 great advantage of it is, that it takes the Trout 

 when they run and bite short, by means of fly 

 hooks, that play round the other, on a separate 

 branch of line ; so that I have often killed three or 

 four brace of Trout, without the minnow being in 

 the least injured, or even touched by the fish. To 

 describe the tackle properly, without giving a plate 

 of it, would be difficult, if not impossible.* After 

 all, however, knowing how to bait the hook is the 

 chief art; and even after being shown, requires 

 practice on the part of the fisherman who adopts it. 

 Supposing, however, that some angler might have 

 confidence enough in what I have said to get a set 

 of this tackle from Chevalier, I will endeavour to 

 direct him as to baiting it. After choosing a white- 

 bellied minnow, of rather small size, and hardening 



* The bottom consists of two lengths of gut, the one 

 shorter than the other ; to the shortest piece a No 1 hook is 

 attached, and to the other a triangle of three No. 7 hooks, tied 

 back to back, to hang about three inches below the larger one 

 when baited ; another triangle of three hooks, tied to the same 

 gut, should be suspended at the side of the minnow, The 

 bottom must be affixed to the line by a small box swivel ; the 

 plummet, or cap alluded to, is a hollow bit of lead, which, 

 when drawn upon the head of the minnow, will cover about 

 the half of it. 



