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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 
