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Minnow and par- tail are excellent baits in the 

 night throughout the summer, in all states of water. 

 But night fishing cannot be recommended ; it is so 

 baneful to the health. 



Minnow, for bait* are caught various ways, with 

 nets or with worms ; but boys will always provide 

 them for a trifle. And the moment they are caught 

 they should be dropt in a box overhead amongst 

 salt, for preservation, unless they are to be used that 

 same day. 



EOE BAIT. 



[By Act of Parliament, angling with roe is now prohibited, but we 

 deem it proper to let the following chapter stand, as it records the 

 method by which trout were captured by it ; and besides, Acts on 

 fishing are changed almost annually. Roe-fishing in muddy water, 

 in autumn and winter, we always considered should have been be- 

 neath the notice of proper sportsmen : to capture trout in such 

 water requires no skill, and the fish in such seasons are thoroughly 

 out of condition. In summer floods, however, when trouts are in 

 their prime, sometimes heavy baskets used to be made by roe-bait. 

 EDR.] 



Salmon roe has, of late years, become so fashion- 

 able as a trout bait for all seasons of the year, that 

 those who profess superior methods of preparing it 

 have generally a demand above their means of supply. 



* Small minnows for trout angling are best, and they should be 

 white-bellied. The reddish minnows, commonly called "streamers" 

 are not taken readily by the trouts. [EcR.J 



