BAIT-FISHING. 



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too rapidly. When the bait is thus brought to hand again, 

 repeat as before, and try all likely spots — first casting and 

 drawing over and through the nearest places, and then 

 extending the reach to the most distant ones. The expert 

 angler will always study the actions of living fish, and 

 endeavor to imitate them, which example is far better than 

 any precept that can be given in print. 



PICKEREL-FISHING. 



As these fish are strong, and often of good size, and 

 are furnished with sharp teeth, the tackle must be in pro- 

 portion. The rod is necessarily longer and stronger than 

 that known as the " general rod," and must be of the kind 

 known as the "trolling rod," which maybe described as fol- 

 lows : — It should be here mentioned that pickerel are taken 

 with the minnow or shiner, in three different ways — first, 



