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Angle for perch in such places as are overgrown with 

 weeds, under shelves and banks 5 or where you see 

 small fishes skimming about near to deep holes, and in 

 the whirls made by gentle streams. 



These fishes do not seem partial to muddy bottoms, 

 nor when on the feed do they hesitate to go into the shal- 

 lows. But they very rarely, if ever, lay upon scours, or 

 other very rapid places 5 unless in the hottest time of the 

 year, and then only to refresh , for in such situations 

 they do not bite well. 



As you should give a perch time to swallow your bait, 

 you may use two or three rods of rather a light construc- 

 tion, and with rather thin lines on your reels. But you 

 musfbe careful how you strike j for the perch's mouth is 

 hard, and if your point comes against a bone, a jerk 

 might break your hook : besides, as he has a very large 

 mouth, a too forcible twitch might draw the bait clear 

 out. 



When you determine upon pfrc/r-flshing, you should 

 bait the hole for a few days ; for no fish can be more re- 

 gular than they are in attending to such supplies : they 

 usually take at mid-water. 



Roving is particularly appropriate to them 5 at least, I 

 have always been most successful when I adopted that 

 mode ; using, however, small lobs, as the perch is very 

 greedy, and does not hesitate long in pouching the bait^ 

 if the hook be properly concealed. 



Perch bite best in the months of April and May j in 

 the midst of summer, they are glutted with the small fry 

 of other fishes, and, indeed, of their own kind. In 

 September, if the weather proves favourable, they are 

 tolerably keen. Cloudy weather., with a brisk wind 



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