The art of angling greatly improved, containing the most esteemed methods of angling for pond and river fish .. . h; and although manyanglers accustom themselves to a single-hairline, yet when the fish run large it is not al-ways to be depended upon. Should the water not be clear, two hooksmay be used, by neatly looping a piece of guttwo or three inches long, with a hook to it,close above the single shot, so that it maystand out from the line. Bait it with gentles,.and the lower hook with paste or Salmon roe,and, if the fish be shy, with a gentle slippedinto the beard of the hook, and a grain
The art of angling greatly improved, containing the most esteemed methods of angling for pond and river fish .. . h; and although manyanglers accustom themselves to a single-hairline, yet when the fish run large it is not al-ways to be depended upon. Should the water not be clear, two hooksmay be used, by neatly looping a piece of guttwo or three inches long, with a hook to it,close above the single shot, so that it maystand out from the line. Bait it with gentles,.and the lower hook with paste or Salmon roe,and, if the fish be shy, with a gentle slippedinto the beard of the hook, and a grain of theroe or paste upon the point. It is easy to distinguish whether a Roachbe in season: if the scales on the back berough to the touch, it is out of season; ilthey lie flat and smooth, the reverse. The most killing bait for Roach is a smallwhite worm with a red head, about the sizeof two maggots. It is to be found after theplough^ upon heath or sandy ground. Itmust, however, be observed, that when thisbait is used, stewed malt or fresh grainsshould be strewed in the place where it is in-tended to angle. 5S. In hot weather the Dace is most easilytaken with an artificial fly, and prefers mostthe black and dun flies. They bite bestfrom three in the morning till nine, and fromfour in the afternoon till night. The tacklemust be fine and strong ; the rod not exceed-ing six feet, the line somewhat shorter of sixhairs, and about two feet of silk-v^orm gutfor the bottom Imks; a swan-quill float,and small hooks about No. 11 or 12, thoughthey should be of stronger wire than thatusually sold of those sizes. The most suita-ble baits for Dace are the oak-worm, red-worm, brandlings, gentles, flag-worms, andcadis-worms; greaves also are a good baitfor Dace. Red paste is an excellent bait;but it will be advisable to take more thanone kind of paste, as the Dace is a capri-cious fish, and in the course of a morningand evening will shun the bait which theyhad just taken before. The ground-bait f
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