454 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



when baited, or at least down to the point of the hook ; by 

 which means your arming will be left wholly naked and 

 bare, which is neither so sightly nor so like to be taken ; 

 though to help that, which will however very oft fall out, I 

 always arm the hook I design for this bait with the whitest 

 horse-hair I can choose, which itself will resemble and shine 

 like that bait, and consequently will do more good, or less 

 harm, than an arming of any other colour. These grubs 

 are to be baited thus : The hook is to be put under the head 

 or chaps of the bait, and guided down the middle of the 

 belly, without suffering it to peep out by the way, for then 

 the ash-grub especially will issue out water and milk, till 

 nothing but the skin shall remain, and the bend of the hook 

 will appear black through it, till the point of your hook 

 come so low, that the head of your bait may rest and stick 

 upon the hair that stands out to hold it ; by which means 

 it can neither slip of itself, neither will the force of the 

 stream, nor quick pulling out upon any mistake, strip it off. 



Now the caddis, or cod-bait, which is a sure killing bait, 

 and, for the most part, by much surer than either of the 

 other, may be put upon the hook, two or three together, 

 and is sometimes, to very great effect, joined to a worm, and 

 sometimes to an artificial fly to cover the joint of your hook ; 

 but is always to be angled with at the bottom, when by 

 itself especially, with the finest tackle ; and is for all times 

 of the year the most holding bait of all other whatever, 

 both for trout and grayling. 



There are several other baits besides these few I have 

 named you, which also do very great execution at the 

 bottom, and some that are peculiar to certain countries and 

 rivers, of which every angler may in his own place make his 





