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foot-line, about a yard distant from each other, 

 half a dozen or more flies are placed ; and 

 when the fisherman wishes to try both for 

 pike and trout, a small perch is put on the 

 end hook, which in this case should be a 

 snap. When all is ready, the foot-line is 

 committed to the water, and the fisherman, 

 gently plying his oars, runs out the remainder 

 of the line, and thus continues to row round 

 the lake, occasionally resting to observe 

 either from the bending of the rod, or by 

 feeling the line, if he has a bite or not. 

 When he perceives that he has a bite, he 

 proceeds to draw the line gently in, managing 

 it according to the apparent strength of the 

 fish, until he appears sufficiently exhausted 

 to allow of his being secured without risk of 

 the link breaking. A gaff is better than a land- 

 ing net, when the fish is large, to lift him into 

 the boat with. A pike and one or two trouts 

 are occasionally caught at the same time ; 

 the pike by the snap at the end of the line, 

 and the trouts by the flies nearer the boat. 



