76 THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 



scribed with single hair : some Anglers make their 

 Roach lines half single hair, and half two hairs twist- 

 ed, or as much single hair from the hook as will near- 

 ly reach to the float, because, in case the line breaks, 

 the single hair will go first 5 and, in that case, having 

 the float on the twisted, you save it : this way of 

 fitting up hair lines is superior to any other^ in my 

 opinion. 



The best bait for Roach, in still waters and gentle 

 streams, is paste made of second-day's baked white 

 bread (the crumb) slightly dipped in water, which 

 must be immediately squeezed out again ; then place 

 it in the palm of your left hand, and knead it with 

 the thumb and finger of your right, for ten minutes, 

 or until of a proper consistence ; or the crumb of new 

 bread without wetting. Roach will take this paste the 

 whole year round ; and, by adding a little vermillion 

 or red ochre, it will be of a pale pink or salmon colour, 

 which they sometimes prefer ; in Summer, they will 

 also take gentles -, and in the Spring, cads ; in Winter 

 and Autumn, baked and parboiled wheat, and small 

 marsh brandlings, blood and red worms, and also 

 greaves -, but paste is the most killing bait for large 

 Roach. Put a piece on the hook about the size of a 

 marrow-fat pea, and before you begin to angle, plumb 

 the depth accurately, in the way directed in page 17, 

 and let your bait gently touch or drift along the 

 bottom of the river. — Note, always make it a rule, 

 when angling for Roach, Barbel, Chub, and other 

 Fish that require ground-baiting, to let your line re- 



