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during summer are in general weedy, fish in tliose places 

 wliere the current is strongest, and where tliere is an open- 

 ing to get the line properly between the weeds. Try, also, 

 over hollow banks, under and about trees and bushes, taking 

 care always to lengthen or shorten the line, as occasion 

 requires, and in no water pass without trial any likely haunt 

 of fish. These remarks are applicable to all sorts of natural 

 fly-fishing. 



Ant-flies. — Ant-flies may be procured from the hills 

 where they breed ; the black are the best, and are to be 

 found from June to September. They must be caught alive, 

 taking care not to destroy their wings. Put some moist 

 earth in a bottle, with the roots of the grass of the hillocks 

 where they are found. The bottle must be closed with a 

 piece of thin sheet-lead or tinfoil, perforated with holes, and 

 in this way they may be kept a month. If, however, they are 

 required to be preserved longer, place them in a vessel of 

 earthenware, or a barrel capable of holding three or four 

 gallons ; put into it a sufficient thickness of moist earth, 

 from three to four inches, and throw into it a quantity of 

 roots and grass, adding from time to time some which is 

 fresh ; and in this way the ants may be kept for three or four 

 months. In using them great care is necessary not to break 

 the wings ; and they must be allowed to drop to the depth 

 of three or four inches from the bottom. They will be 

 found a deadly bait for dace and roach. 



Salmon Vroe. — Procure a quantity of this just before the 

 spawning-season ; let it be gently boiled, and sparingly 

 salted. Put a layer of wool at the bottom of an earthen 

 pot, and above it a layer of tow, repeating these alternately, 

 until the pot is filled. 



This is an excellent bait for trout, and is equally fatal to 

 chub, grayling, and dace. In using it, a piece the size of a 



