28(J^^ BRITISH ANGLER, p.m. 



Pike^ Ruff^ Carpj ^ench^ Roach^ and Bledk^ 

 about Mid Water, fometimes lower and fome- 

 times higher. The Chub is often taken with 

 the Bait on the Bottom, fometimes at Mid 

 Water in hot Weather, and fometimes at the 

 Top. The Dace takes all Ground-Baits at 

 Bottom ; and fome let the Bait touch the 

 Ground when they angle for Perch^ Tench ^ 

 and i?i7^r/^ in Rivers, tho' this Way is more 

 generally difapproved. In Ponds, for Roach 

 and Tench ^ angle always about two Foot with- 

 in Water. Thofe who angle for a Trout with 

 a Float, keep the Bait as near the Bottom as 

 they can, without dragging •, which is difficult, 

 if not impoffible, to be always obferved, by 

 Reafon of the Declivity of the Bottom, and 

 Unevennefs thereof in mod Places : And the 

 daily Experiment of the Running-line, fhews 

 that to be a very effedbual Way for a Trout » 

 The Eel is never to be angled for with a 

 Float, but always with a Ledger-bait, Snig- 

 ling, Brogling, or Bobbing. 



You may ufe all Sorts of Baits when you 

 angle with a Float, but Ground-baits and 

 Paites are moll common, and fometimes Flies 

 for Roach within the Water, particularly the 

 jint'Fly. Let your Lead neither be fo heavy 

 as to fmk the Cork or Float, nor fo light as 

 not with the fmalleft Touch to make it dip 

 under Water j the infallible Signal of a Bite, 

 unlefs the Bait ftick, or the Line be entangled 

 on Wood, Stones, or Weeds. 



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