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from the line on a foot or so of gut, dangling above 

 the ground or water. The two lines must be so 

 long that each can reach across the water, or angle 

 of water, fished ; on reaching the other side of the 

 pond, the angler continues his way until the bait 

 hangs over the spot in which it is to be dropped, it 

 is then lowered, and thus both rods are really 

 fishing. Arrangements are made as to which 

 angler shall play a hooked fish, the other simply 

 slackening line as required, or running round, so 

 that both can haul on the fish the same way. This 

 is a very clumsy and peculiar way of fishing, but I 

 have seen it practised with success in the day-time 

 when carp are in inaccessible places in the middle 

 of a pond, in places where a bait cannot be 

 thrown with any certainty. Soft baits cannot easily 

 be thrown out any very great distance, as a very slight 

 check will flip them off the hook or triangle, while 

 in narrow ponds or arms of a lake the bait can be 

 dropped quietly within a foot or two of any 

 required spot. I have also seen men wade . ,. 



. ^ , , Wading 



out to an open piece of water and carry the 

 line in their hands from the shore, depositing the 

 bait in a perfectly clear spot, and trusting to their 

 tackle to drag the fish through weeds, &c. This I have 

 also seen meetlwith success, but the wading scares fish 

 for a very long while, the "two-rod, one bait" 

 system being quieter. Both these methods are 

 extraordinary, but it shows what lengths men will 

 go to in their endeavours to secure a carp, and 1 

 relate what I have seen for any one who may wish 

 to try new and strange methods, without counting 

 the trouble. 



Whenever and wherever you fish for carp, throv,r 

 in with the utmost care and quietude, and keep 



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