ith _Salmon_.
The _Pope_, or _Ruff_, is excellent for a young _Angler_, bites
greedily, and quantities may be taken, by Baiting the Ground with
_Earth_, and your Hook with small Red _Worms_.
The _Pike_, loveth all sorts of Baits (unless the _Fly_) _Gudgeon_,
_Dace_, _Roaches_ and _Loaches_; and young _Frogs_ in _Summer_ time,
of which the yellowest is best.
The _Pearch_, taketh all sorts of _Earth-worms_, especially the
_Lob-worm_, and _Brandling_, well scowred, _Bobs_, _Oak-worms_, _Dors_,
_Gentles_, _Cole-wort-worms_, _Wasps_, _Cadbaits_, and _Menow_, or a
little _Frog_, the Hook being fastned through the skin of his Leg,
towards the upper part of it. Be sure you give the _Pearch_ time enough
to pouch his Bait, before you strike.
The _Salmon_, is taken best with _Lob-worms_, scented with the Oyl of
_Ivy-berries_, or the Oyl of _Polypody_ of the _Oak_ mixt with
_Turpentine_: Or the well-scowred _Garden-worm_, is an excellent Bait:
The _Salmon_ bites best in _May_, _June_, and _July_, at three a _Clock_
in the Afternoon, if the Water be clear, a little Wind stirring,
especially near the _Sea_.
The _Tench_, is a great lover of large Red _Worms_, first dipt in _Tar_.
As also all sorts of Paste, made up with strong scented _Oyls_, or
_Tar_, or a Paste made up of Brown _Bread_, and _Honey_. He will bite
too at a _Cad-worm_, _Lob-worm_, _Flag-worm_, green _Gentle_, _Cadbait_,
_Marsh-worm_, or soft boil'd _Bread-grain_.
The _Torcoth_, being before mentioned, I only let you know, that he is
only found, in the Pool _Linperis_ in _Carnarvan-shire_; and leave you
to the _Welch-mens_ description, both of him and his _Bait_.
The _Trout_, is fattest, and in his prime in _May_, and is caught with
all sorts of _Worms_, especially _Brandlings_, commonly found in an Old
_Dung-hill_, _Cow-dung_, _Hors-dung_, or _Tanners-bark_: Also with
_Flies_, Natural and Artificial, with young _Frogs_, _Menow_, _Marsh_,
_Dock_ or _Flag-worms_; all sorts of _Cad-bait_, _Dors_, _Bobs_,
_Palmers_, _Gentles_, _Wasps_, _Hornets_, &c. and with the
_Catterpiller_, used according to the Rule before prescribed for the
_Grayling_.
_Lastly_, The _Umber_, endeth our _Alphabet_, and _Discourse_ of
_Fishing_ too, and gives me occasion to add no more, but that he is
taken as the _Trout_, just now mentioned; And therefore now to your
Sport: To assist your well effecting which, I have but this to add; Cast
into your Haunts where you use to _Fish_, on
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