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THere is also a kind of laying of hookes armed for pikes, in pooles and riuers, ye shall b••yte them as ye bayte the hooke in dragging for the Pyke: and here is to be noted of two maner of layings of hookes, the one way is to the bot∣tome
of the water without corke, and the other is with the flote or corke, to cast in your bayted hooke without a corke, it will sinke to the bottome, and then the yéele will haue it as soone as the Pyke: and if he cannot swallow it, he will byte away the baite by little and little: therefore to lay from the bottome is best for the Pyke, ye shal cast your bayted hooke and line with a corke, of what depth ye lust, for so it will not sinke to the bottome.
Also to lay for the yéeles, ye shall baite your hookes with menowes, gogins, or loches, great wormes and such like. And to sticke pooles in the bankes, with lines at the endes so that your baites may lie on the bottome of the water, for there the yéele will soonest take it, but lay not nigh roots of trées or such, for they will wrappe them so, ye shall ne∣uer come by them.
Also let your lines be of good great packthréeke, sticking the saide poles or pinnes of wood in the bankes, and your lines to be of two or thrée fatham, some more, some lesse: & for your proch hooke to baite him with the great worme, or the menowe is best, or with a Loch, or small Gogin, so if a great yéele come, he will swallowe it hole. Thus much for laying of hookes for the Pyke and Yéele.
Also to take yéeles in winter, some haue vsed to lay in pondes and running waters, faggots of hay, with a bough of Willow put in the middest, and bayted with some gar∣bage of foule or beastes, bound with two bondes, and to plucke it vp (after it hath lame two or thrée daies) with hooke or corde, and you shall haue yéeles therein: when it is a lande do but crush it with your foote and the yéeles will come out if there be any. If ye lay it in the middest of a ri∣uer, you may plucke it into your boate. Thus you may take many yéeles in winter.