204 CAD-ANGLING. 



METHOD OF CAD-ANGLING. 



In angling with caddies, a long rod of sixteen or 

 eighteen feet must be used, with a line of the finest gut, 

 to which a small fly-hook is whipped, with a bit of 

 hog's bristle included in the whipping, the point of 

 which must stick out about half a tenth of an inch 

 from the whipping, and point backwards towards the 

 line, in order to prevent the bait from slipping off. In 

 deep still waters a small quill-float may be used, with 

 one or two No. 7 or 8 shot-pellets on the line, just 

 sufficient to sink the bait, and retain it between mid- 

 water and the bottom, or a few inches clear of the latter, 

 as in worm-fishing, as well as to keep the float sitting 

 upright in the water, and no more ; while in small clear 

 streams and shallow waters neither floats nor sinkers 

 should be used. The manner of applying the caddies is 

 to impale one of them, if a large one, or a couple of 

 small ones upon the hook lengthways, so as completely 

 to conceal both the hook and its whipping. If the 

 piper caddis or that of the drake flies be used, one at a 

 time will be sufficient, applied as above-directed ; but if 

 the smaller ones are selected, the most tempting method 

 will be, first to draw one lengthways right over the 

 shank of the hook, so as completely to conceal the whip- 

 ping ; then transfix another crossways by the middle ; and 

 lastly enter the point of the hook just below the head 

 of a third, and insert it as far as the bend, when it will 

 rest against the one fixed cross ways. With small-sized cad- 

 dies, grubs, or maggots, this is undoubtedly the most effi- 



