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bottom. When fishing it is dropped in the eddies and 

 stills, behind stones, or at the sides of the water, also 

 in runs and ripples, or dribbled down among the 

 stones of the descending deep, as may best suit the 

 water and resorts of the fish ; the line seldom exceed- 

 ing the length of the rod, with split shot sinkers eight 

 or nine inches above the hook. 



In grayling fishing the brandling is put on a bristled 

 hook, one end of a short piece of bristle or gut whip- 

 ped in with the silk at the lower part of the lapping, 

 the top end to stand free to keep the worm in its place ; 

 put the hook in at the head, and move the worm up to 

 cover every part of it, then let out the point and barb, 

 leaving the tail at liberty. Two hooks are sometimes 

 used, one just above the other, instead of the bristle. 

 The brandling is fished in the stills, a few inches from the 

 bottom with a float, or where length is required with 

 two, to bear the line on the water. Eight feet of gut 

 line next the hook, and a single split shot sinker eight 

 or nine inches above it, with a small sound hair line on 

 the wheel. 



The brandling is cleansed by being put among clean 

 washed and half-dryed moss, twenty-four hours before 

 using. To continue them, attention must be paid to 

 cleanliness and feeding the moss re-washed or fresh 

 put to them, and a little cream dropped here and there 

 among it. They are lively in the folds of a greasy 

 dishcloth, and a woollen cloth soaked with the greasy 

 water of the dripping pan. They are found in rotten 

 horse or cow dunghills, to which they are drawn 

 from the soil by the warmth, and other qualities con- 

 genial to them, and where they acquire the best per- 



