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repeatedly seize the bait in trow ling, run out 

 a considerable length of line, and afterwards 

 de&ert it, should yau find this the case, you 

 must use the live or dead snap, which will 

 in all probability take him. In trowling, I 

 must caution the angler against throwing 

 the bait too far, in- small rivers you may 

 fish the opposite bank with ease, but the 

 breadth of the Trent will make such an at- 

 tempt impracticable, and the bait will be 

 soon spoilt, as the violence with which it 

 falls on the water will rub off all the scales* 



The Live Snap. The method of fishing 

 with a live bait, or what is called the live 

 snap, is very different from trowling, though 

 any mode of taking pike by angling usually 

 pafses under the latter denomination. Your 

 rod and line must be stronger, and the hooks 

 much larger, they consist of two hooks 

 joined back to back, with a smaller hook in 

 the middle of their shanks, on which the 

 live bait is hung, they are sold at the shops* 

 and the sight of one will enable a young 



