apo r/j^BRITISH ANGLE R.P.III. 



Roach generally nibbles at the Bait, and does 

 not bite furely ; but if he does bite furely, it 

 is commonly a very good one : Therefore 

 ftrike at the firfl Touch when you angle for 

 him. 



It is common, efpecially when the Angler 

 is tired, to angle with a Ledger-hait^ that is, a 

 Bait always fixed in one certain Place; which 

 is fo called in oppofition to other Baits, that 

 are always in Motion, and thence called Walk- 

 ing-haits. The Manner of the Ledger-bait is 

 thus. 



Take off your Cork from your Float Line, 

 it being leaded as ufual ; and within half a 

 Yard of the Top of the Line, wrap about it a 

 thin Plate of Lead, one Inch broad, and an 

 Inch and a half long : Then ?ix your Line to 

 the Rod, and bait your Hook, and call it into 

 a very gentle Stream, or ftill Water, and 

 there let it fink, and reft on the Bottom. Ei- 

 ther firmly hold the Rod, or ftick the thick 

 End thereof in the River's Bank, and as you 

 fland or fit by it, you will perceive, by the 

 Motion of the Lead on your Line's Top, 

 when you have a Bite. This Way you may 

 angle for all Sorts of Fifh whatfoever, efpeci- 

 ally the Chuh and Eel. Let Ledger-baits for 

 the PikeoQ always kept, atleaft, a Foot from 

 the Bottom, by the Help of a Float. 



Angling with the natural Fly is called 

 Bibbing^ Dabbing^ or Dibbling. It is u- 

 fually performed upon the very Surface 

 of the Water, but fometimes by permit- 

 ting 



