150 . The Complete Angler 



inclines very much to any paste with which tar is 

 mixt, and he will bite also at a smaller worm with 

 his head nipped off, and a cod-worm put on the 

 hook before that worm. And I doubt not but that 

 he will also, in the three hot months, for in the nine 

 colder he stirs not much, bite at a flag-worm or at a 

 green gentle ; but can positively say no more of 

 the Tench, he being a fish I have not often angled 

 for ; but I wish my honest scholar may, and be ever 

 fortunate when he fishes. 



