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Houfe-flies be the Bait ; and never fuffer yout 

 Line, which fhould be of a fingle Hair, to 

 be above two or three Foot under Water. 

 They will alfo take the little Red'^worm, C^- 

 dews^ or Grafsbopper : With the former of 

 thefe you may ufe the fmalleft Float, and one 

 Shot to poize it ; and when the Grafsbopper is 

 your Bait, pull off the Legs, put the Point 

 of your Hook under his Tail, and run ic 

 through and bury it in the back Part of his 

 Head. Remember to ftrike the Dace nimbly, 

 as foon as ever he bites. It is proper always 

 to concealyourfelf as much as poffible, if you 

 exped any great Sport. 



Dace may be alfo taken with Fle/h^fiies^ up- 

 on the Surface of the Water; into whofe Backs, 

 between their Wings, you mufl; put your 

 Hook, which fhould be fmall. They bite \n 

 the Morning and Evening. You muft then 

 provide a Cane Rod^ which is the lighted of 

 any : Let it be at leaft feventeen Foot irv 

 -Length : And your Line, which fhould, from 

 the Middle downwards, confift of fingle Hairs, 

 muft be fomewhat longer than your Rod, 

 You ought alfo to be furniflied with a fufli- 

 cient Quantity of fmall Houfe-flies^ which keep 

 in a Glafs Bottle, flopped with a Cork. With 

 thefe repair, efpecially about feven or eight 

 o'clock in a Summer's Evening, to a MiU- 

 Stream^ and having fixed three or Jour Hooks 

 with fingle Hair-links, not above four Inches 

 long, to your Line, t^it them with the Flies^ 

 and angle upon the Surface of the Water on the 



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