Q.SGne BRITISHANGLER. P.IIL 



eafily difcover the very true Colour, Propor- 

 tion and Shape of the FJy, Some can even do 

 it pretty well without a Glafs. 



Keep the Sun^ or the Mocn^ if you angle at 

 Night, before you, provided youF Eyes can 

 endure it; At leaft, be fure to have thofe 

 Planets on your Side ; for if they are on your 

 Back, both yourfelf and Rod will, by the 

 Shadow, give Offence -, and every Creature fees 

 farther and clearer, when it looks towards 

 the Light, than the contrary. 



All Fifh whatever, that fwim in clear Ri- 

 vers, are wholfomer, pleafanter, and far bet- 

 ter tailed than thofe of the fame Kind, that 

 live in Pits, Ponds, Mears, and ftanding 

 Waters. 



A Hog-back and a little Head, either to 

 ^roiit^ Salmon^ or any other Fifli, are a Sign 

 they are in Seafon, All Sorts of Fifh that 

 have Scales on their Bodies, conftantly fwim 

 together, in Troops and Companies, as the 

 Roach^ Dace^ Chuh^ Gudgeon^ &c. The 

 Females of mod Fifh are larger than the 

 Males. 



Let all Baits and Flies whatfoever fall gent- 

 ly firfl into the Water, before any other Part 

 of the Line, with as little of the Line as pof- 

 fible, and without any Difturbance, Plung- 

 ing, or Circling of the Water, which mighti- 

 ly fcares and frightens Fifh. 



Roach and Dace recover Strength, and grow 

 in Seafon within a Fortnight after fpawning ; 

 Barbel and Cbub within a Month , Trout, in 



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