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worm well fcoured, if there be Store of Fifh, 

 you will have Sport to your own Satisfadion. 



When Floods have carried away all the 

 Filth that the Rain had wafhed from the high- 

 er Grounds into the River, fo that the River 

 keepeth his ufual Sounds, and is of a wheyifb, 

 chefnut, brown, or ale Colour, it is then good 

 to angle at Ground. 



A little before any Fifh fpawn, they come 

 into the gravelly, fandy Fords, to rub and 

 loofen their Bellies, and then and there they 

 bite well. 



When Rives are raifed by Rain, and yet 

 •within their Banks, Fifli feek fhelter in the 

 milder Currenstof fmall Brooks that fall into 

 larger Rivers, and at the Sides or Ends of 

 Bridges, that defend a fmall Space of Ground 

 from the Impetuoufnefs of the Stream, or in 

 any low Place near the River-fide : In fuch 

 Places you will find Sport. 



At the Conflux of Rivers, and where it 

 ebbs and flows, Fifh fometimes bite very well, 

 but in the Ebb mofl: ufually. 



In February, March, the Beginning of ^- 

 />r/7, Septe?n'ber, and all the Winter Months, 

 Fifh bite befl: in the Sun-fliiny, warm, and 

 middle Part of the Day, no Wind llirring, 

 and the Air clear : But in the Summer Months, 

 from the loth o^ April unto the End of Ju- 

 gtfjf, early in the Morning, and in the'Evening 

 until Sun-fet, and in dark, gloomy Weather. 



Fifti rife befl: at the Fly after a Shower that 

 has not mudded the Water, yet has beaten the 



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