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especially if the sun (iocs not shine on that part 

 ot" ihe water wliei'e you cast the flies, and you 

 may take two or three al a time. This sport will 

 continue as loni^ as (?a3'-lic:ht will permit you to 

 see the flies. In the sauie maimer dace will also 

 rise at the ant-Jii/ upon the surface of the water, 

 if used in the morning: at the foot of a current 

 or null-slream, or on the scour before the sun 

 comes on the water. If the water is high, so 

 as to be almost equal wiih its banks, tjike your 

 Jiy-rod, and fasten to your rod an arlijicial-jh/, 

 called the cater pillar-Jiij, or a snia'l red-palmer^ 

 then take a large i/e/lozr- gentle, the yellower the 

 b(5tter, run the hook througli the skm of it, and 

 draw it up to the tail of ihc jij/ : this beinii; done, 

 whip it on the surface of the water, and if you 

 are diligent and expert, } on will have good di- 

 version. Jf vou an'rle where two nii/l-streanis are 

 going at the same time, kt it be in the eddy be- 

 tween the two streams; iirsl make use of your 

 pimnmet ; if the water is deep, angle within a 

 foot of the bottom, and pcrhaj)s you will find 

 but poor sport; but if it proves to be shallow, 

 that is, about the depth of two feet, or not ex- 

 ceeding three, your sport may be better ; bait 

 your hook with three large gentles, use a cork 

 Jloat, be very attentive and strike at the verv first 

 bite ; if there are any large dace in the ntill-poo/, 

 they uill resort to the eddy between the two 

 streams. 



This fish, like the roach is gregarious, haunts 

 the same places, is a great breeder, very liveiv, 

 and durins: the summer is very fond of frolickintjf 

 near the surface of the water ; it is seldom above 

 ten inches long, and has been taken of one pound 

 and a half weight. 



N. 15. AVhenevcr you fish (oi roach ox dace, 



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