A booke of fishing with hooke and line . There is another kind of hooke, calde a proching hooke, which is made withouta barke [barbe], this kinde or manner of hookes are to put in a hole in the banke,or betwixt two hordes at a bridge or water, or betwixt two stones where they lieopen, for there commonly lieth the great Yeles, and there put in your proch hookea little way, and if there bee any yeeles, they will take it anon : which proch, is wierwhipt on a packethreedes ende, and couered with a great worme, and therewithprochin to the saide holes, asby example for the better vnderstanding, lo h
A booke of fishing with hooke and line . There is another kind of hooke, calde a proching hooke, which is made withouta barke [barbe], this kinde or manner of hookes are to put in a hole in the banke,or betwixt two hordes at a bridge or water, or betwixt two stones where they lieopen, for there commonly lieth the great Yeles, and there put in your proch hookea little way, and if there bee any yeeles, they will take it anon : which proch, is wierwhipt on a packethreedes ende, and couered with a great worme, and therewithprochin to the saide holes, asby example for the better vnderstanding, lo here youmay s^e the figures. THE PROCH VNBAITED. THE PROCH THE THE ROD BAYTED WITH A WORME. As soone as ye feele she hath the baite, plucke away your rodde, for it dothnothing but guide your proch into ye holes, and then draw softly your packthreedline, and hold a while and he will yeelde, if you do plucke hastely, he will holde 2 A A Booke so stiffe, ye shall breake your line, or teare his mouth : there holde hard still, andat length he will yeelde, and come foorth. And where ye shall see any hole in thebottome of a brooke or riuer, there is like to lie an yeele, put there in your proch,and he will soone byte if he be there. Thus much for the order of the proch hooketo take the Yeele. The manner of layifig of hookes. There is also a kind of laying of hookes armed for pikes, in pooles and riuersye shall bayte them as ye bayte the hooke in dragging for the Pyke: and here is tobe noted of two maner of layings of hookes, the one way is to the bottome of thewater without corke, and the other is with the flote or corke, to cast in yourbayted hooke wit
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