122 PISHING. 



Trimming is practised in still parts of a river, or in 

 canals and large pieces of water. A round cork, half a 

 foot in diameter, is used for this sport, with a groove, 

 on which to wind up the line: the hook must hang 

 ahout mid-water, and as much line be allowed on the 

 other side of the cork as will reach to the bank, where 

 it must be made fast ; and thus one person may attend 

 to several lines. When a pike or other fish runs off 

 with the bait, the line veers off the trimmer, without a 

 check, to the end. On taking up the line, a jerk is 

 necessary to hook the fish. 



Trolling is in use for pike, salmon, and eels. The 

 trolling-rod is twelve or fourteen feet long ; but a com- 

 mon rod may be employed, having a strong top fitted 

 to it, with a small ring at the end for the line to pass 

 througb, and one ring on each joint, set on so straight 

 that the line may run freely, and that no sudden check 

 may prevent the fish from gorging the bait. The line 

 must be silk, thirty yards long at least, and have a 

 swivel at the end, to receive the armed wire or gimp ; 

 it is to be wound on a reel, fenced at the butt-end of 

 the rod. When trolling hooks are too large, cut off the 

 wire about an inch from the lead, and fasten about a 

 foot of strong gimp securely to the wire, leaving a noose 

 at the other end of the gimp, large enough to pass the 

 bait through, to hang it on the line. When the hook 

 is baited, it must be put gently into the water and kept 

 in constant motion, sometimes being suffered to sink 

 nearly to the bottom, and then gently drawn up again. 



