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also, prevents the line slipping when you strike, and 

 thereby losing the proper depth you should fish at 3 

 and, further, I would advise those who purchase their 

 caps to examine and smooth the edges thereof before 

 using them, for, generally, the edges are sharp, and 

 will cut or fret the line; and, also, to make it a rule 

 never to draw the line through the caps, without first 

 taking the cap from the float, otherwise, you injure 

 the link, and, frequently, loosen the joints of your float. 



When you fish for Barbel, in deep or rapid streams, 

 let your baited hook drag on the ground several 

 inches ; to effect which, make it a rule, when you have 

 taken the depth, to let the hook touch the gound, and 

 the bottom of the float the surface of the water ; by 

 so doing, when you are angling, and the float being 

 sunk to its proper depth in the water, the baited 

 hook will lay on the ground and slowly drift with 

 the current, which gives time and facility to the Fish 

 to take the bait. 



Note. When angling for Barbel, Roach, Chub, Dace, 

 &c. especially in rivers, don't have above two feet of 

 line between the float and the point of the rod, and 

 so hold your rod that the line I have spoken of shall 

 hang straight, not bagged or hanging over the water, 

 as is the case with inexperienced or careless Anglers 5 

 and also keep the top of the rod always directly over 

 the float, moving your arm with the stream, which 

 then allows the float and the top of the rod, as it 

 were, to sail together 3 by which means, the instant a 

 Fish bites, you are enabled to strike the hook in him, 

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