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about three yards, with a fwivel or two, as well to enable 
the bait to play and turn freely, as to prevent the line 
from twifting and breaking; alio a large fnot or two mud 
be fixed about a foot from the bait, to keep it under wa¬ 
ter. Trolling requires a differ top to the rod than fly- 
ft filing; the hook mud alfo be very large and long in the 
fna'rik; with a fmaller one fixed above, at nearly the dif- 
tance of the length of the fifh you bait with. The bait 
is to be drawn upon the hook like a worm, by putting it 
into the mouth, and forcing it round the bend of the 
hook till it comes out a little above the tail, fo as to keep 
She tail bent; then put the fmall hook, which fhould be 
blunt at the point, through the lips of the fifh, to prevent 
its flipping into the bend of the large hook. Thus pre¬ 
pared, let out the line about the length of the rod; 
throw the bait acrofs the dream, and draw your line with 
a pretty brifk motion upwards; which caufes the bait to 
fpin well, and thus provokes or entices the larged fifh to 
take it. This mode of angling is bed when the water is 
clearing off after a frefh, or when on the rife, before it 
becomes too thick. In lob-worm filhing for falmon, the 
trolling tackle is dill to be ufed, by putting two of thefe 
worms on the hooks; the fird of which mud be drawn 
up quite above the top of the (hank of the large hook, 
and the fmall one run through the head; then take the 
other worm, and run that up the hook fome way above 
the fliank, and, drawing the other down, let them hang 
with their tails one above the other, keeping the point 
of the large hook from coming through the worm. Drop 
this bait quite to the bottom of the dream, and hold the 
rod dill, keeping as much as poflibie out of fight. If in 
a fiiort time you have no bite, move the line gently up 
the dream, and the worms will play and fiiew themfelves 
to great advantage by means of the fwivels, and thus 
entice the fifh to feize them. This method is to be 
adopted when either the water is too thick for the fly, or 
when the day is too bright, little or no wind birring, and 
the water fo clear that the fidi can difcover the deception 
•of the artificial fly. 
Salmon-trout. —The flefh of this beautiful fifh is 
exceedingly rich and good, and in fome countries is 
efieemed much more than that of any other fifli of the 
falmon kind. Their haunts are partly the fame as thofe 
of the falmon and large common trout, and they are often 
taken when angling for either. They frequent the rivers 
pretty early in the fpring; are in high feafon from the 
middle of April till towards the eqd of July ; and (pawn 
-chiefly in September. In filhing for thefe, the rod fhould 
be a fmall-fized falmon-rod, ora drong trout one, not lefs 
than fourteen or lixteen feet long; the reel-line drong; 
the foot-length about three yards ; the hook No. 3 or 4 ; 
the baits, when the water is clear, large gaudy flies; but, 
when,it is much difcoloured, well-fcoured worms; with 
which angle near the fides of the dreams, having a run¬ 
ning line, with a (hot or two about a foot from the hook. 
This is a drong fifh, and therefore when hooked mud 
have line enough, and be carefully managed. 
The Bulger, or White-trout. —This is only a va¬ 
riety of the falmon-tront. They begin to run up the rivers 
in May, or at the beginning of June, and are mod plen¬ 
tiful in September and October; but in thefe months they 
are not fo good as in the former ones, it being the feafon 
when the greated part of them fpawn. The white-trout , 
as it is generally called in England and Ireland, is termed 
mulling in Scotland, and Jcwen or Jbucn in Wales. They 
are mod excellent fifli ; particularly thofe taken in the 
Toway in South Wales’, or Efk in Cumberland. They 
are about the fuze of large mackrel, handfome and very 
bright, and are bed taken with t! 1 e artificial fly, when 
real ones are not to be had. Their haunts are in rough 
bony rivers, at the tides of them where it is gravelly ; 
and Sometimes in fmooth gliding currents of the fame na¬ 
ture. They are drong in the water, and afford great (port 
when (looked; fome of them will fpring with the line a 
yard or two out of the water, and* often requires great 
dexterity before you can properly land them. They may 
be taken with the fame hooks and baits which ferve for 
the falmon-tront. 
The Mullet. —This is a fifli of paffage, vifiting our 
rivers from the fait water. The larged of them are about 
half a yard long, and in great ebeem. In the fummer they 
run up our rivers with every tide, and return back when 
the water ebbs; they are in feafon from May to Septem¬ 
ber. They fnould be angled for as the tide comes in, 
but before it gets too thick, with an artificial fly, the 
fame as for trout, at all times, if the water be in any de¬ 
gree clear enough; when otherwife, bait with a fmall 
earth-worm, and fifli within two feet of the bottom. The 
mullet is very drong, and when hooked requires fufficient 
play and great dexterity to land him well. 
The Smelt. —This little fifli is fai'd to derive its name 
from having a fmell like a violet, or, as others fay, like 
a cucumber. The length of a large one is from eight to 
ten inches, and two or three inches broad when big with 
roe. The larged are found in the rivers in Scotland, 
particularly the Forth, near Stirling. They are alfo 
very fine in the Southampton water. The ®.e(h is foft, 
tender, and of a delicate tade, for which it is much 
edeemed. Smelts vifit the rivers with the tide; and in 
the fpring, and beginning of fummer, will run much far¬ 
ther up than in the decline of the year. They are alfo 
to be found in the inlets of the fea, and in the docks that 
are opened for the reparation of (hips. They fhould be 
angled for about mid-water, with fine tackle, a line that 
is called a paternoder, having feveral fmall hooks, placed 
about five or fix inches above each other, baited with 
different for.ts of bait. The bed baits are very fmall 
frefh fhrimps, or part of a boiled one with the head and 
hulk taken away; pades made of boiled fhrimps, fine 
white bread, and a little honey ; and they will alfo take 
a piece of one of their own fpecies, which are often cut 
up into bait. 
The Barbel. —This is the coarfed of all the frefh- 
water fifh, and the roe is faid to a6t as a violent cathartic 
and emetic; though perhaps without foundation. How¬ 
ever, they are not worth noticing, except for the fport 
they afford to the angler, which is confiderable. They 
begin to run up the rivers in March ; and in April, when 
they begin to fpawn, keep together in companies, making 
holes in the gravel, and under large dones, wherein they 
cad their fpawn. If there be any difference in the tade 
of their flefli, they are mod in feafon the latter end of 
fummer. They frequent weedy, gravelly, rifing ground?, 
and deep Holes ; and in fummer they lie in the dronged 
currents of water, under bridges, near weirs, among piles, 
hollow places, and under rocky banks. They muff be 
angled for with drong tackle, with a reel, the bottom link 
to the line fliould be three lengths of gut twided toge¬ 
ther, the hook No. 1 or 2; a proper number of (hot about 
half a foot from it, and a cork or fwan-quill float to carry 
the bait about half an inch from the ground. This me¬ 
thod of angling for them with a float, is chiefly proper 
in deep water; but when you 'fifh in ftreams, have a fmall 
bullet with a hole through it on your line, and a (hot 
about a foot from the hook, to prevent its flipping down 
to the hook; by thefe means the bullet will lie on the 
ground, and the dream will caufe the bait to play up and 
(how itfelf. The bottom link diould be made of fine 
gimp for tliis purpefe. When hooked, be Aire to give 
him play, or la* will break both rod and line ; for he will 
run with his head violently towards any covert, hole, or 
bank, and will often Arike / with his tail at the line to 
break it. The bed feafon to fifh for them is from the 
beginning of May till the end of Augufi, from about fun- 
rife to ten o’clock in the morning, and from, four in the 
afternoon to fuu-fet. Salmon-roe mixed up with greaves 
is.the common bait. But fee others recommended under 
Cvprinus, vol. v. p. 531. 
The Flounder.— This fifli is found in the mouths of 
all rivers which have communication with the fea. In 
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