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at Gnats : And in the Evening of a hot Day 

 in Summer, you may have Sport with Dibbing, 



In little Brooks that fall into larger Rivers, 

 where the Tide comes up only in frelh Wa- 

 ters, or Waters a little brackifh ; if you begin 

 at the Mouth pf fuch Brooks, juft as the Tide 

 comes in, and go up with the Head of the 

 Tide, and return with the Ebb, you may 

 take many good Grouts •, and if the Tide do 

 not foul the Water, they will rife at the Fly. 



In fmall clear Brooks, if you come imme- 

 diately after a Shower that hath raifed the Wa- 

 ter, or juft as any Milltwater begins to come 

 down, and fo proceed with the Courfe of the 

 Current, 'I'roiits will bite eagerly, becaufe ex- 

 pecting the Water to bring down Food with 

 ic, they come forth to feek it. But in fmall 

 Brooks or Rivers, when the Mills ftand, and 

 pen up the Water, little or no Sport is to l>c 

 expedled at Ground, and not much with Fly ; 

 for the trout at fuch Time is fearful^ and dares 

 fcarce venture out of his Hold. 



When in Angling for Salmon or I'rout^ you 

 all Day long have had little or no Sporr, next 

 Night, efpecially at the Beginning of it, till 

 near Mid-night, they Vv? ill not fail to bite free- 

 ly, either at Ground or Fly^ if the Weather 

 be not nipping cold, or frofty. 



W^hen you angle for 'J routs ^ you need not 

 make above three or four Trials in one Place ; 

 for before that he will either make an Offer, 

 or not ftir at all. 



H3 When 



