184 CASTING THE GORGE-BAIT. 



lines, though oiled or varnished, will imbibe 

 moisture, run out clumsily, and soon rot. A 

 large London-made multiplying winch is the best 

 to troll with. 



To cast your gorge-bait you must unroll off 

 your winch as much line as you want to reach the 

 distance you intend to cast to. The line must 

 fall in free coils by your feet on either side of you. 

 Take the upper part of your line in your left hand, 

 drawing the bait to within a yard or less of the 

 point of your rod, which lifting, throw to your 

 right or left just as occasion may require, and 

 letting free the line in your left hand, the bait 

 will be carried, the coiled portion of the line run- 

 ning through the rings freely, the length of the 

 line out. The bait having entered the water, 

 keep it at about a distance of one third the whole 

 depth, if the water be deep, from the bottom, but 

 generally speaking at mid-water, and drawing 

 your line towards you by short and gentle pulls, 

 moving your rod in the same direction, try and 

 give to the bait a natural and attractive motion. 

 Do not, unless in case of emergency, lift your 

 bait out of the water, until you have drawn in your 

 line. Then repeat your cast, and go on casting, 

 moving with each cast until you have left no part 

 of the water untried. Your first cast should be 

 into those parts of the water nearest to you, then 

 further out, and lastly as far to the other side of 



