The history of esculent fish . ly fails biting, andis taken directly; but he is fo ftrong a fifh, that he mouldbe taken out carefully, after a great deal of play, otherwife thetackle will be in danger; a beetle, or any large fly, will an-fwer the purpofe in the place of a grafhopper; and if noneof them arc to be had, the method of fifhing muft be altered,and the line be long enough for fifhing at the bottom. In March and April, this fifh is to be caught with redworms; in June and July, with worms, fnails, and cherries; but ( ) but in Auguft and September, the proper bait is good cheefe,pounded
The history of esculent fish . ly fails biting, andis taken directly; but he is fo ftrong a fifh, that he mouldbe taken out carefully, after a great deal of play, otherwife thetackle will be in danger; a beetle, or any large fly, will an-fwer the purpofe in the place of a grafhopper; and if noneof them arc to be had, the method of fifhing muft be altered,and the line be long enough for fifhing at the bottom. In March and April, this fifh is to be caught with redworms; in June and July, with worms, fnails, and cherries; but ( ) but in Auguft and September, the proper bait is good cheefe,pounded in a mortar with fome faffron and a little make parte of cheefe and Venice turpentine for the Chubin winter, at which feafon the fiih is better than at anyother; the bones are lefs troublefome in this feafon, and theflefh more firm and better tailed. The roe is alfo generally-well flavoured. The angler muft keep his bait for this fifh atthe bottom in cold weather, and near the top in hot. Thefiih will bite Tfa
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