Chap. I. r/6^ A P P AR A T US. 3^ 



your Rod from one End to the other, in fuch 

 a Manner as that when you lay your Eye to 

 one, you may fcQ through all the reft. Thro' 

 thefe Rings your Line muft run, which will 

 be kept in a due Pofture by that Means : And 

 you muft have a Winch, or Wheel, affixed 

 to your Rod, about a Foot above the End, 

 by which you may, if it Ihould be proper, 

 give Liberty to the Fifli. 



Rods for Roch, Dace, Tench, Chub, 

 Bream, and Carp, ftiould not have the Top 

 fo gentle as thofe for Fly, but pretty ftiff", that 

 fo the Rod may exactly anfwer the Motion of 

 the Hand : For Roch and Dace only nibble, 

 and if you ftrike not in that very Moment, 

 efpecially if you fifti with Pafte or any very 

 tender Bait, you mils them ; and a flender 

 Top folds and bends with a fudden Jerk. 



In a Time of Drought, fteep your Rod in 

 Water a little before you begin to angle. 

 Faften to the Top of your Rod, or Fin, with 

 Shoemaker's Wax and Silk, a Noofe or Loop 

 of Hair, not large, but ftrong and very 

 ftraight, to fix your Line to. 



Your Length of Rod is generally to be 

 governed by the Breadth of the River you 

 angle in ; but always ufe a Rod full as long as 

 the River will bear ; and if, though you angle 

 in a fmall River, you conftantly ufe a Rod 

 fire Yards and above long, you will experi- 

 mentally find Advantages thereby. 



Your Top for the Running Line muft be al- 

 ways gentle, that the Fifh may the more in- 



fenfibly 



