when a float is used on the line. 3. Snap fishing, 

 with either a live or dead "bait. In trolling, a 

 rod about fourteen feet long is commonly used, 

 with a stouter top piece than is employed in 

 fly-fishing, and provided with wider and stronger 

 rings for the line to run through. A reel is neces- 

 sary, and the line, which ought to "be a strong one, 

 of silk, or silk and hair, should not he less than forty 

 yards. The bait may be almost any small fish; 

 dace, reach, trout, par, gudgeon, or bleak. The hook 

 used is a double one, of the kind commonly called 

 eel hooks, the points of which stand more outwards 

 than in others; the shank is fastened to a short 

 piece, about two or three inches, of twisted brass 

 wire, which is covered with lead from within an inch 

 of the eye at its top, to half-way down the shank of 

 the hook. To the eye in the brass wire about nine 

 inches of strong gimp is made fast, and attached by a 

 loop to the line. To bait this hook it is necessary 

 to use a baiting needle, which is a kind of long bod- 

 kin, sharpened at the point, the other end being 

 turned into a small hook, instead of having an eye. 

 Hooking the baiting needle to the loop of the gimp, 

 pass it through the body of the perch, dace, roach, 

 or gudgeon, intended for the bait, entering it at the 

 mouth, and bringing it out at the fork of the 

 tail. Draw the gimp through till the hooks lie 

 on each side of the mouth of the bait. To pre- 

 vent the bait slipping aown the hook, when trolling, 

 tie the tail with a piece of white silk or thread, 



