TEOUT. 33 



" 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. To get your bait, use a silk 

 casting net, and remember, that the chief art in 

 throwing it is to hurl the right hand well round 

 horizontally, instead of inclining it upwards. Keep 

 your bait, 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. 



" There are generally known three other modes 

 of Trolling. The first is the diving minnow, which 

 is precisely on the same plan as the gorge hook for 

 Pike. This answers well in very deep holes, where 

 you may frequently kill Trout when the sun is too 

 bright for the more common mode of Trolling. On 

 this plan, you must, of course, loosen the line, and 

 allow the Trout some time to pouch his bait. The 

 second is the artificial minnow, which is the worst 

 of all ; because it does not, in general, spin so well ; 

 and particularly, because it is too frequently made 

 of hard materials, on which a fish, unless very 

 hungry, will seldom close his mouth enough to get 



