CHAPTER XXXII. 



MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF SOME INTEREST TO 

 THE ANGLER. 



THE fin of a trout or other small fish is successfully used in 

 some parts of Pennsylvania, for taking the trout. It is used b> 

 casting and drawing, similar to roving with a minnow, or in 

 the manner of throwing the fly. 



The fleshy part of the shell-fish called the Horsefoot is much 

 used in some parts of Long Island, and considered an excellent 

 bait for Black fish. 



Night fly-fishing is much practised in the northern part of the 

 state of New York. The fly used is of light color if the night 

 be dark, but if moonlight, any of the ordinary colors answers the 

 purpose. Those who follow this method say that they bring 

 out the older and larger members of the family, who are not so 

 imprudent as to venture out when anglers with rods are seen 

 walking about. 



The Horse Mackerel, or small blue fish, is for all salt-wate 

 fish a most excellent bait. In swift water use the tail, leaving 

 the fin on. 



A simple but ingenious way of taking pickerel, when the> 

 won't bite, as practised in some parts of the country, is with a 

 running noose of fine brass wire. This, fastened to the end of 

 a stick, is slily slipped under and around the body of the fish, 

 when, with a jerk, he is snared and secured, and brought strug- 

 gling to land, fairly lassoed. This may not be called taking 

 them with a hook, but is certainly an ingenious mode of hook- 

 ing fish. 



