Chap. 5. Ihe A P P A R A T U S. 87 

 thither the Filh are gathered, and there ex« 

 pedl it. 



The Mnnow^ Loach ^ and Bull-head^ are 

 Baits for the Pikey the Perch^ the C^^^, the 

 Eel^ and the ^r^^/ Trout. The 7>*i?/^/ takes 

 thefe Baits about a Foot within the Water, 

 and fometimes lower in the Deeps, in the 

 Day-time, in March^ Aprils and Septernher, 

 when the Wind is in the South, Weft, or 

 South-well, and blows ftrongly, curling the 

 Waters. In Summer Months, from the 

 Middle of April till the End of Auguft, he will 

 not take them in the Day-time, unlefs the 

 Weather be dark, and the Wind high and 

 bluftering ; and then you muft add fome Lead 

 to the Line, and fink thefe Baits to the Bot- 

 tom. But in the Night, at Night-Hooks, he 

 takes them freely from the Beginning of ykf^/*^/& 

 till Michaelmas, Pike, Perch^ and Cbuh^ will 

 take them either by Day or Night •, only the 

 Chub values them not fo much in the Day as 

 the Night, in the four hot Months of May, 

 June^ July^ ^nd Aug uff. But both P//^^, Perchy 

 Chub, Trout, and Eel, take them exceeding 

 well in the Night, at Night-Hooks, from the 

 Beginning of March till after Michaelmas. 

 Minnows of a middle Size, and whitifh, are 

 the beft. But though Minnows are good Baits, 

 yet Experience affures us, that a fmall Loach o^ 

 Bull-head^ his Gill Fins being cut off, are 

 better than Minnows by many Degrees. When 

 you angle mthMinnoWyfmallLoach or Bull- head, 



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