80 FISHING ON THE 



or two of double or triple gut next the hook : no reel is 

 used. 



The fish generally caught in this way are lythe and 

 seithe, although mackerel will rise freely also : when 

 fishing for the former, good double gut may be strong 

 enough, but if large fish are expected, I should always 

 recommend triple. Seithe take best in the morning 

 and evening, and a slight breeze is rather an advan- 

 tage: although the fly is sometimes sunk a little with 

 lead, it is more often fished with at the top. You may 

 begin at any state of the tide, and row over all the sunk 

 banks and places where the fish frequent, at a slow rate, 

 with three or four rods placed regularly in the stern of 

 the boat. When a small seithe is hooked, pull it in at 

 once, and out with the rod again as fast as possible : 

 sometimes nearly all the rods have a fish at the same 

 time. In lythe fishing you need not launch your boat 

 till low water ; sink the fly with a couple of buck-shot, 

 and troll on the brow, where it descends perpendicularly; 

 this is easily seen at that state of the tide. When you 

 hook a large fish, try to prevent it getting down, or you 

 may be obliged to throw the rod overboard, in case the 

 lythe should break away; but, if you can manage to 

 swing it about at the top for a short time, it will soon be 

 unable to offer any resistance. 



Trolling with the white feather has this recommenda- 

 tion, that it may be enjoyed by an invalid or party of 

 ladies and, certainly, a more delightful way of spending 



