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as possible from the sight of the fishes, for they 

 are timorous and easily frightened ; and when 

 you angle for trout, you never need make above 

 one or two trials for him in the same place, for 

 he will in that time either take the bait or let it 

 alone. 



4th. When the nights prove dark, cloudy, or 

 windy, you will the next day have but little sport 

 in respect to catching large fishes, especially 

 trouts ; for in those nights they range about and 

 devour small fishes ; but if the nights are bright, 

 and the moon and stars are out, and the days fol- 

 lowing should be overcast, dark, and gloomy, you 

 may depend on having good sport ; for fishes are 

 then as timorous as in sun-shiny days, and never 

 stir from their holds : therefore, having abstained 

 from food all night, they are hungry and eager, 

 and being encouraged by the darkness and gloom- 

 iness of the day to range about, they then bite 

 boldly and eagerly. 



.5th. If you wish to know what ground-bait 

 fishes like best, the first you take open his stomach, 

 and there you will find what he fed on last, and 

 bait accordingly. 



6th. If, before you go out to angle, you should 

 imagine, by the looks of the weather, that it will 

 prove showery or thunder, always take three or 

 four night-lines out with you, and whilst you an- 

 gle for other fish, lay them in according to your 

 judgment, baited with well-scoured lob-worrhs, 

 and you may depend on catching large eels, 

 trout, &c. 



7th. The best way to bait your hook, for this 

 kind of fishing, or for worm-fishing in general, 

 either with lob-worms, brandlings, &c. is thus : if 

 you bait with one worm, put your hook into him 



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