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Roach, as they will seldom refuse it at any time of the 

 year. Carp, Tench, Chub, Dace, Bleak, Barbel, and 

 Minnows, will also take it. This paste is valuable, from 

 its being easily made while you are by the water-side ; 

 indeed it is most proper to make it there, especially if 

 you fish at a distance from home, as it may chance to 

 get somewhat sour, by carrying it a length of time • 

 it is further valuable in striking fish when they bite, 

 for, if made properly, it will adhere to the hook until 

 you have struck ; it then flies all to pieces, conse- 

 quently your hook is not impeded in fixing in the Fish, 

 which is material, particularly in angling for Roach, 

 when so small a hook as No. 10, 11, or 12, is u^ed : 

 new bread paste is more glutinous, and adheres too 

 close, which makes it unfit for a small hook. This 

 new bread paste is made by taking a piece of crumb 

 of new- baked bread and a small piece of stale, and 

 kneading it well together in your hands a few minutes 

 (without water,) till of a proper consistence : those 

 who prefer ease to sport, make use of the last men- 

 tioned paste instead of that made of the second day's 

 bread j audit answers best when angling in strong 

 eddies and very sharp streams. To colour paste, add a 

 little Vermillion or red ochre — a very small quantity 

 will make it a pale pink colour, a little more a poppy j 

 but the pale pink or salmon colour is best. — Note, if 

 you add a little powdered plaster of Paris to new bread 

 it will make a superior white paste and will be very 

 useful in thick water. 



