BAITS. 
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very large, part of it may be drawn above the arming of the 
hook on to the line. — Hojland. 
“ 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 bailed 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 hook 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 
tile 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, in 
taking carp, chub, dace, perch, and trout. Some of them have 
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 liis trouble. 
