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THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 



CHAP. XIV, 



The Bream, and Bream Dace Flat, or Red Eye. 



The Bream is a very bony Fish ; they arc not very 

 numerous, either in. the river Thames or Lea, but 

 abound in the Trent, Wey, Byfleet, and the Mole, and 

 several other rivers ; also ^in Dagenham-breach, and 

 in the Wet-docks, at Blackwall. They are frequently 

 taken in the Spring, during March, April, and May, 

 when angling for Carp with red worms. When an- 

 gling for Bream, use a gut-line, long rod, quill 

 float, and No. 9 hook, running-tackle, and winch ; 

 ground-bait with new grairis or greaves, bran and 

 clay, made into balls ; or chopped worms, thrown in 

 by handfuls : let the baited hook drag half an inch 

 on the ground in streams, and fish early in the morn- 

 ing, and very late at night. Bream seldom bite in 



