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When you have struck him, he will plunge and 

 bounce in the water very much, therefore it is ne- 

 cessary to have a strong rod, ringed the same as a 

 trowl ing-rod, and a winch with a strong line on it 

 forty yards long, with which length, and a proper 

 playing him, you may kill the largest-sized one. 

 He has not a constant residence like a trout, hut 

 removes often, and you should always angle for 

 him as near the spring-head as possible, in the deep- 

 est and broadest parts of the river, near the ground. 

 Put two large lob-worms on at a time, and you 

 may fish without a float, that is, with a running 

 line. Let one yard next to your hook be ghnp, and 

 your hook a proper-sized salmon-hook, No. 1. 



N. B. When I come to treat of fly-fishing, the 

 proper flies for the salmon, &c. will be clearly 

 expressed. 



THE TROUT. 



The trout is a delicious fresh-water fish, speck- 

 led with red and yellow, coming in and going 

 out of season with the buck, and spawning in the 

 cold months of October and November, whereas 

 all other fishes spawn in the hot summer months. 

 There are several species of this fish, alt valued 

 very much ; but the best are the red and yellow, 

 and of these the female, distinguished by a less 

 head and deeper body, is preferred : by the large- 

 ness of their backs you may know when they are 

 in season, which may serve as a rule for all other 

 fishes. All winter long, they are sick, lean, and 

 unwholesome, and frequently lousy. As the 

 spring advances, deserting the still, deep waters, 

 they repair to the gravelly ground against which 

 they continue to rub, till they have got rid of theiv 



