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that he should first be acquainted with the means of 

 drawing the fish together, before he attempts to take 

 them. — Note, I make it a rule to desist from easting 

 in ground-bait during the last hour of fishing in the 

 evening, if I have been angling some hours, and have 

 cast in plenty, as I then think the fish are already col- 

 lected about the spot, and, being evening, they are on 

 the feed, especially in the summer season. 



Ground- Bait for Roach, Dace, and Bleak. 



The most simple ground-bait is made by moulding 

 or working some clay (which is generally met with in 

 the banks of rivers) and bran together, into balls or 

 pieces about the size of a pigeon's egg ; some add a 

 little bread crumbled among it. This is good ground- 

 bait for Roach, Carp, and Dace : if you fish in a stream, 

 always put a small stone in each piece before you cast 

 it into the water, to prevent its drifting away. Boiled 

 potatoes, mashed and mixed with bran or barley meal, 

 is also a very good ground- bait for Roach and Carp 

 in still waters. 



Ground-Bait made of Bread, Bran, Pollard, 3fc., for 

 Chub, Carp, Roach, and Dace. 



For a day's angling, a quartern loaf is necessary ; 

 the crust of which you will cut off, the crumb to be cut 

 in slices about two inches thick, and put into a pan or 

 some deep vessel, and covered with water 3 when the 



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