Anetine at Kine’s Brine. 51 
feet long, bearing in mind that a short, stiff rod is the best 
to cast with, but not so good to play a fish with light run- 
ning-tackle. Of course the size of float and weight of sinker 
will be changed to suit the waters and the tides, 
‘*See that all things be right, 
For ‘twould be a spite 
To want tools when a man goes a-fishing.”—Corrtoy. 
You perceive that I have selected one hook with an 
O’Shaughnessy bend (E), and the other (F) an Aberdeen. 
Well, brother angler, a night of sound sleep, and our in- 
comparable breakfast at the Astor, with our drive over the 
Bloomingdale Road this beautiful morning, has so enlivened 
me to a sense of the beautiful that I feel assured we shall 
have good sport to-day, and enjoy it. This is King’s Bridge, 
the name of the most spicy and succulent oyster that ever 
graced the cuzsine of a Dorlon. Our horse will be well cared 
for at this hotel, for the host—an admirable caterer—appre- 
clates anglers. 
We will first see what sport there is to be had at the east 
bridge, where we will joint our rods, and rig sinkers and floats 
according to the movement of the tide. I perceive that the 
tide is just on the turn to flood. Rig light for half an hour, 
and then change to heavier sinker and larger float. I like 
bridge fishing, for, after making a cast, you may humor your 
line so as to lead the bait in the most angling manner from 
current to current; and then, in striking at a bite forty yards 
off, there is so much sport in playing your fish until you get 
him into the slack water formed by the piers of the bridge ; 
and, being from 8 to 10 feet above the water, you generally 
fasten the fish at the first bite. Strike! Youve hooked him! 
There! give him play, but feel his weight, and make him con- 
tend for every foot of line you give him, or he will take the 
whole without exhausting himself, and you will lose him. 
Do not permit him to run back on yon, for that is a favorite 
dodge of these striped sides to get slack line, and enable them 
to dislodge the hook. Keep your rod up nearly perpendicu- 
