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great violence. If your tackle is very fine, as it should 

 be, you must treat them very gently, or they may break 

 away ; at all events, get them to some distance from the 

 place where you perceive other fishes j which will else 

 take the alarm, and become so timid as to spoil your 

 sport. 



When you use bottom tackle, take care that it be 

 delicate, but sufficiently firm, for the dace lay in deepish 

 water, such as is frequented by larger fishes ; though in the 

 summer they will be found associating with the roach, 

 among weedy shallows ; and, like them, rather averse to 

 bite during the middle of the day. 



After slight showers, or even heavy rain, following 

 upon very sultry, clear weather, when the air is cooled, 

 the dace will take freely all day -, but they will often take 

 at the deeps, when they will not rise to a fly ; notwith- 

 standing their peculiar fondness for the latter. 



Angle for them with fine worms, of almost any kind, 

 but the more transparent and glowing the better -, or 

 with well prepared cadlates, or three or four gentles ; 

 or a piece of salmon's roe (but not the substitute, for they 

 seldom touch it), on a hook about No. 6 or 7 ; your 

 line slightly leaded, unless in a stream ; when perhaps a 

 cork float may be indispensable, otherwise a swan quill 

 is best j and throw in now and then some balls made of 

 browned oatmeal and treacle, as before described; or 

 some ground malt. Do not use any thing for ground- 

 bait that they will make a hasty meal of ; for they are 

 very greedy, and quickly satiated - } not caring to leave 

 what they are eating. 



Dace will not stay long where the water is not gene- 

 rally clear., and the stream tolerably free ; hence, they 



