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very large, part of it may be drawn above the arming r.£ the 

 hook on to the line. — Hofland. 



" To bait with a brandling. The point of your hook is 

 to be put in at the very tag of his tail, and run up his body 

 quite over all the arming, and still stripped on an inch at 

 least upon the gut, the head and remaining part hanging 

 downward. 



" The Grubs are to be baited thus : It will be necessary 

 to wrap on a piece of stiff hair or gut, with your arming, 

 leaving it standing out about a straw's breadth at the end of 

 your hook. The hook is to be put in under the head or chaps 

 of the bait, and guided down the middle of the belly, without 

 suffering it to peep out of the way, (for then the ash-grub, 

 especially, will issue out water and milk till nothing but the 

 skin shall remain, and the bend of the hook shall appear black 

 through it,) till the point of your ho.ik come so low that the 

 head of your bait may rest, and stick upon the hair or gut that 

 stand out to hold it, by which means it can neither slip of it 

 self, neither will the force of the stream, nor quick pulling 

 out upon any mistake, strip it off. 



" The Cadis may be put on to the hook two or three to- 

 gether, and is sometimes (to very great effect) joined to a 

 worm, and sometimes to an artificial fly, to cover the point of 

 the hook, but is always to be angled with, (when by itself 

 especially,) with the finest tackle, and is the most holding 

 bait for trout." — Cotton. 



OF PASTES FOR BAIT. 



• Pastes are considered of much importance in England, ic 

 taking carp, chub, dace, perch, and trout. Some of them havt 

 been tried with success in many of our own brooks and ponds. 

 The following will tax the Angler's ingenuity, and a trial 

 in many cases more than compensate him for his trouble. 



