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the moment he is running off with it strike it smartly but 

 tenderly with the wrist, not with the whole power of the 

 arm, and proceed to land your fish with as little delay as 

 possible. 



Grub, caterpillars, gentles, &c., are all used in the same 

 way, and will serve the angler well in many localities, but 

 as a general bait for trout they are not equal to the worm. 

 Fishing with the salmon-roe will be found more particularly 

 described at the end of this section. 



In using the live bait, the hook, of size No. 3, should 

 be entered at the back-fin, and the barb should stand up 

 a little above the surface ; the line then being shotted, 

 and a swan-quill float applied at about three feet from the 

 hook, the bait is suffered to swim about in any direction 

 but that of weeds, or other dangerous spots in the bed of 

 the river. As, however, trout are chiefly found in strong 

 running streams, and as in such situations some force must 

 be exerted upon the minnow in keeping it from running 

 with the stream, its life is soon destroyed, and therefore 

 the live minnow is not so well adapted for trout-fishing as 

 for perch or pickerel. 



The dead minnow used with spinning-tackle, according 

 to one or other of the modes recommended at page 389, is 

 most suited for taking large trout ; and the precise style 

 of fishing with these baits is as follows : but the angler 

 should understand that the principle on which he conducts 

 his operations is not that of a slavish imitation of the mo- 

 tions of the natural live minnow, such as will answer, to a 

 certain extent, with the pickerel and perch, which are less 

 wary than the trout, but rather to produce such a quick and 



