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fluently are pendent, and, if they be lively, will by their 

 motion attract the fishes, and cause excellent sport. 



The third worm should be short, thick, and remark- 

 ably well coloured : it should run up nearly to the middle 

 of your shank, and be long enough, when threaded, 

 to overhang the tip of the hook. If this be properly done, 

 you cannot fail both to have bites, and to have the best 

 chance of striking with effect : See Fig. 8. Plate III. 



Roving may be practised in almost all waters, but is 

 more applicable to such as are just broad enough to be 

 reached completely across, when your line is let out to a 

 length rather shorter than your rod ; whereby you will 

 have it under complete command. 



The current being middling strong, is in your favour ; 

 more so than very rough, troubled water : though eddies 

 are very excellent aids, as they occasion returns of your 

 bait, giving far less trouble, and throwing it into situ- 

 ations to which the fish chiefly resort. Still waters are 

 not amiss for roving with the worm, though they are not 

 30 good for roving with a minnow. Indeed when the 

 whole operation of roving depends entirely on the angler, 

 it requires a very nice hand, and much judgment, to 

 practise it with good effect. 



Throw your line, in an easy, swinging manner, across 

 the water ; taking care to go as near as possible to the 

 opposite bank - } that your worm may appear to have 

 dropped out of die soil j the largest fish, when on the feed, 

 are frequently found in such situations : let your bait sink 

 a little at first j then, widi an easy, gentle motion of your 

 rod, derived entirely from your wrist, and not by lifting 

 your ajms (which is execral-ls as well as fatiguing), 



give 



