The art of angling greatly improved, containing the most esteemed methods of angling for pond and river fish .. . ze smaller. Theangler should be at the rivers side by day-break, and having baited the hook with thebeetle or cockchafer, wave it two or threetimes over the surface, as if in the act of fly-ing, then let it drop softly on the water, andshake the rod gently, which will give it theappearance of struggling to escape; this willattract the attention of the fish, and two orthree will rise at a time, for they are remarka-bly fond of the cockchafer. His resistancewhen hooked is great at fi
The art of angling greatly improved, containing the most esteemed methods of angling for pond and river fish .. . ze smaller. Theangler should be at the rivers side by day-break, and having baited the hook with thebeetle or cockchafer, wave it two or threetimes over the surface, as if in the act of fly-ing, then let it drop softly on the water, andshake the rod gently, which will give it theappearance of struggling to escape; this willattract the attention of the fish, and two orthree will rise at a time, for they are remarka-bly fond of the cockchafer. His resistancewhen hooked is great at first, but he is soonsubdued ; his weight, however, will make thelanding-net necessary and useful, as the mostlikely places for Chub are those where youcannot get to the water-side to land himwith the hands. 61 It is necessary to bait the places in whicGyou angle with whatever bait is used. Shouldyou fish with worms, gentles, wasp-grubs,or snails, the bait should be upon the ground •but if with brains, a little below mid-water_,being careful to strike the instant the fishbites, as the bait is so very Bleak. The Bleak is a small, fat, pleasant fish,called by some the Fresh-water Sprat, andby others the River Swallow, on account ofits continual motion. It will rise, like theDace, at a common house-fly upon the sur-face of the water, or it will take a gentle, orwhite paste, about a foot and a half underwater. The smallest hooks are the most pre*per for them, and a paternoster line, that is,a single-hair line, with six or seven hooks,each three or four inches above the other, bait-ed with gentles, or cadis, well scoured. Thepaste recommended for Bream, forms a goodbait for the Bleak. It frequents deep rivers, 62 sandy bottoms, in eddies. Had at the stemsof ships. The Bleak may be caught \Yith a very fineartificial fly, of a sad brown colour, and verysmall, and the hook of a proportionate angling for Bleak in the Thames, the baitmust be laid in deeper than in other
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