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the depth again, particularly if the Fish leave off 

 feeding, which they will do if you have lost the proper 

 depth : this happens in rivers, from the water rising 

 or falling from tides, opening locks, mills, &c. ; and 

 sometimes from the line drawing through the caps 

 of the float. Ground-bait plentifully before you begin 5 

 or if the place be baited over night it is better, with 

 small balls of the ground-bait, as described in page 

 25 : and also while angling, cast in that or chewed 

 bread frequently, close to the float. When angling 

 for Roach in a still hole, or gentle stream or eddy, 

 nothing is so good for ground-bait as chewed bread, 

 or bread and bran made into small pellets, and thrown 

 gently in by 6 or 8 pieces together, close about the 

 place your float and baited hook moves in. During 

 July and August, Roach may be taken in the follow- 

 ing manner with an ant-fly or a house-fly, and also 

 a cad, and sometimes with a gentle put on a No. 1 1 

 hook, and single hair-line to a fine rod : put one small 

 shot on about four inches above the hook, to sink 

 the bait, then draw the baited hook gently or slowly 

 up to the surface of the water, and so continue till 

 you feel a bite ; the Roach generally take the bait as 

 it approaches the top. When fishing this way, try 

 round piles, bridges, flood-gates, and deep still holes, 

 where bushes and trees grow over the water. I have 

 found a Wasp gentle a killing bait in some waters, 

 but not so in all : this bait is also difficult to procure. 

 For further account of Wasp gentles, see the Appendix, 

 when treating on cads, worms, &c. In Flanders, half- 



