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then move off: the float therefore disappears 

 very suddenly. They sonetimes lie and suck 

 the bait without swallowing, but whenever it 

 be made up with honey, as soon as they taste 

 the sweetness they swallow it. If the paste be 

 well kneaded there is no occasion to be in a 

 hurry to strike ; the fish cannot suck the bait 

 off without hooking itself. 



Carp are undoubtedly fond of sweets and 

 sweet scents. If a little sweet perfume be 

 added to the honey paste, the angler will 

 sometimes be the more successful in taking 

 these crafty fish. 



The best months for carp fishing are April 

 and May : at no season of the year will they 

 bite so freely as then : and the most killing bait 

 that can be used is the honey paste. 



In the months of July and August there is 

 no better bait for carp than a large green pea 

 boiled in sugar : another very enticing bait is, 

 part of a split ripe cherry. 



A good ground-bait for carp may be made 

 by mixing bran and pollard with stiff clay : 

 divide it in pieces about the size of hens' eggs, 

 and stick a few worms and gentles about them. 

 The ground-bait should be thrown in over 



