196 MALACOP. SUB-BRACH. COD FAMILY. 



perfect keeping with the fly; a bamboo cane, or 

 young hazel tree, with ten or twelve yards of oiled 

 cord, and a length or two of double or treble gut 

 next the hook : no reel is used. 



" The fish generally caught in this way are Lythe 

 and Seithe, although Mackerel will rise freely also ; 

 when fishing for the former, good double gut may 

 be strong enough, but if large fish are expected, I 

 should always recommend triple. Seithe take best 

 in the morning and evening, and a slight breeze is 

 rather an advantage ; although the fly is sometimes 

 sunk a little with lead, it is more often fished with at 

 the top. You may begin at any state of the tide, and 

 row over all the sunk banks and places where the 

 fish frequent, at a slow rate, with three or four rods 

 placed regularly in the stern of the boat. When a 

 small Seithe is hooked, pull it in at once, and out 

 with the rod again as fast as possible ; sometimes 

 nearly all the rods have a fish at the same time. In 

 Lythe fishing you need not launch your boat till 

 low water ; sink the fly with a couple of buck-shot, 

 and troll on the brow, when it descends perpendi- 

 cularly ; this is easily seen at that state of the tide. 

 When you hook a large fish, try to prevent it get- 

 ing down, or you may be obliged to throw the rod 

 overboard, in case the Lythe should break away ; 

 but if you can manage to swing it about at the top 

 for a short time, it will soon be unable to offer anv 

 resistance. 



and sky, both Lythe and Seithe, especially the former, prefer 

 the yellow to the white. 



