6'4 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



may do so properly : you must have your 

 Gudgeon quite alive, and when you bait with 

 one, stick the hook either through the upper 

 lip or back fin ; then angle in deep and 

 likely places, letting the bait swim at rnid- 

 \vater, moving the float either higher or lower 

 according to the place; when you have a 

 bite, let the fish run a little and then strike ; 

 by this means you will take large Perch as 

 well as Pike, especially if you fish with a 

 very small Gudgeon, or minnow: in this 

 way you will often meet with a double prize ; 

 for as the Perch is descending with his prey, 

 he will sometimes be seized by a Pike ; as 

 they are both tyrants alike, I wish you suc- 

 cess in securing them. 



Although this fish does not belong to the 

 species that rise naturally at flies, yet let the 

 angler take notice that there is very extraor- 

 dinary sport to be had with them, particularly 

 with such a one as I shall describe. The fly 

 must be larger than even those used for Sal- 

 mon ; it must be made on a .double hook, 



