1 76 ANGLING. 



encounter whatever store he holds of coolness, 

 courage, and dexterity. The sight of a large sil- 

 very salmon is indeed a spectacle sufficing any 

 where to excite our unfeigned admiration, but when 

 seen suddenly springing from out the bosom of a 

 lonesome loch, it comes upon us like a glad sur- 

 prise. We know several lochs in Scotland, and 

 in these several sandy spits of bottom excuse our 

 peculiar phraseology where we would engage to 

 kill several salmon any day during several months 

 of the year, but there are several people whom we 

 don't wish to know of this, and therefore we won't 

 here mention the subject more particularly at pre- 

 sent to our angling friends either (as several lawvers 

 say,) "conjunctly or severally." 



When the river water is either too much dis- 

 coloured for the use of the artificial fly, or, running 

 into the opposite extreme, becomes in dry weather 

 too clear and bright, salmon may be successfully 

 angled for with the worm. The worm is also an 

 approved bait in cold or wintry weather, when fish 

 don't care to rise towards the surface. In these 

 cases trolling tackle is sometimes used. 



In trolling with minnow, or other small fish, the 

 foot lengths ought to be about three yards long, 

 and furnished with one or two swivels, to prevent 

 the line from twisting, as well as to enable the 

 bait to play freely. A lead or shot proportioned 

 to the strength of the stream should be fastened to 

 the line, about a foot above the bait. The top of 

 the rod should be stiffer than that used for fly 

 fishing; and, when the hook is baited, it ought 



