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Uc. have lost their sweetness and nutritious proper- 

 ties, and begin to grow thin, affording but little har- 

 bour, shelter, and food, for Fish ; and, as the Winter 

 approaches, those sedges, weeds, rushes, &e. rot, 

 waste, and sink, or drift away with the floods; during 

 yih'ich time, small Fish, Gudgeons especially, have left 

 ♦he shallows, and retired to deep holes under banks, 

 bhelves, piles, &c., which occasions Jack and Pike to 

 be on the alert, finding much difficulty to satisfy their 

 ^ow ever-craving appetite. Therefore, at this season, 

 every favourable day should be embraced by the lo- 

 vers of trolling during the period above alluded to. — 

 Note. Jack and Pike will take a bait in March ; but as 

 they are then very full, and their spawn being also 

 very unfit for food, the gentleman-sportsman will 

 surely now desist from trolling. 



The most favourable w eather for trolling, is Avhen a 



smartish breeze blows from the South to West, and 



^ day cloudy or dull 3 at such times, keep the wind 



i gtt your back, and the water in front : but if the water 



and weather be very bright, fish against the wind. 



From September to the beginning of November, Jack 



I and Pike will take a bait best from ten o'clock till 



one, and again from three till dusk 3 but after the 



nights become very long and cold, the Angler should 



5 then prefer the middle and warmest parts of the day 3 



for, at that season of the year, neither Jack or any 



other Fish will move much at any other time. Thick 



water is not favourable for trolling, for, during a flood. 



