THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



is better to whip your knots with fine silk, 

 Whenever you begin fishing, wet the ends of 

 the joints of your rod, which, as it makes 

 them swell, will prevent their loosening ; and 

 if it should happen to rain, or otherwise to 

 wet your rod so that you cannot pull the 

 joints asunder, turn the ferrule a few times 

 round in the flame of a candle, and they will 

 easily separate. Before you fix the silk- 

 worm gut, or hair, to your hook in order to 

 make a fly, to prevent its drawing, be sure 

 to singe the ends of it in the flame of a can- 

 dle ; do the same with India-weed to which 

 at any time you whip a hook. Make flies in 

 warm weather only, as in cold your waxed 

 silk will not draw; moderate weather is 

 the best. 



THE WAY TO ALLURE FISH TO 

 BITE WITH UNGUENTS, &c. 



The best is gum-ivy, and put a good quan- 

 tity of it in a small box made of oak ; rub 

 the inside of the box with this gum, and when 



