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he once killed the same number, eighteen dozen, in 

 one day, with the Bramble Worm, in the Teviot. 



Yet though these worms have been brought and 

 bred here in dung, I have never known much success 

 with them, nor heard that they were at all to be 

 preferred to the common worm in Tweed fishing. 



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FISHING WITH MINNOW. 



Minnow is a very good bait for either salmon or 

 trout, although a very small trout or par, put upon 

 the hooks whole, in the manner of a minnow, is a 

 preferable bait for salmon. For trout the minnow 

 may be fished with in any state of water, flooded or 

 clear. It is best, however, in the evening, particu- 

 larly in the shallow of a ford or the break of a stream. 

 Some use three, four, or five hooks on the minnow 

 bait, and put it on various ways ; but the best 

 practice is with two hooks, the largest, No. 14, the 

 other, No. 8 or 9;* thesa are tied distant from each 

 other the full length of the minnow. The large 

 hook is entered at the mouth of the minnow, and 



* The upper hook (the lip-hwk} .should be so formed as to keep the 

 lips of the minnow close, to prevent its becoming destroyed. Tackle 

 makers have hooks for the purpose. [EoR. j 



