12 THE DIUFF1ELD ANGLEK, 



hole, or large stones, not far off; and if the 

 river be too broad for you to throw a fly, or 

 the wind hinders you, then lay your ledger- 

 bait as near the hole as you can, as he always 

 chooses such places for his retirement; if you 

 bait with a Minnow, Dace, Gudgeon, &c. 

 and cannot reach with trolling, put on your 

 baits alive, by hanging the hook through the 

 upper jaw, or back fin, and with a large cork- 

 float, let them swim down about mid-water 

 into the deep. 



For the Salmon-fry, or Scagger, the pro- 

 perest baits are ant-flies, brandlings, red 

 worms, gentles, black and dew gnats, all- 

 coloured small hackles, and dubbed flies, 

 according to the season : when they rise at 

 the fly, and a little before they leave the ri- 

 ver, they usually get in large shoals, where 

 you will see twenty or thirty rise at a time : 

 if you meet with a shoal, you may use three 

 hooks on one line, tied to single hairs, or very 

 fine gut, and as they rise very freely, you 

 will be sure of excellent diversion* 



