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% hair or fine gut, with a shot or two to carry the 

 float off the bottom, say a small quill float, bait 

 your hook with a very small red worm, or a 

 piece of a brandling worm ; they may be seen 

 very numerous in the Thames, along the sides 

 of streams, and in smooth running water with 

 gravelly bottom ; they afford nice amusement 

 to the young angler, and when taken out of the 

 water are remarkably handsome to look at. 



BAITS 



To scour worms : — put them in clean damp 

 moss, changing it in two or three days, place 

 them between two layers of it, and choose those 

 that are free from knots. The lob worms are 

 found in gardens ; brandlings and red worms 

 are scoured with the lob worm in the same pot 

 covered at top ; those found in old tan yards 

 are the best, and may be used without scouring. 

 When you use the worms, dip them in cream, 

 which will refresh their colour. 



The cadis worm or cad bait is excellent for 

 trout fishing, placed on the hook double, and 

 cast gently with the wind into the stream, or 



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