68 LONDON ANGLER'S BOOK, 



pound of greaves well pounded for ground bait, will 

 go as far as three but indifferently broken, besides, 

 if large pieces are thrown in, the fish have no induce- 

 ment to feed on your baited hook in preference to 

 what lies on the bottom, your bait should always be 

 a tit bit, compared to the ground bait, which is only 

 intended to attract and keep the fish together. 



An old brother of the angle and myself had a rare 

 day's sport at Lady Youngs, we caught more than 

 three of us could carry, they were not over large, but 

 very game, and we often had one on each of our lines 

 at the same time, crossing each other while playing 

 them ; this was from the bank, and my friend was 

 broke at least twenty times, his tackle having been 

 kept some time by him, had become rotten, this was an 

 excellent spot, but a flood one Winter broke the 

 banks and destroyed the swim. 



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THE RUFF. 



Is a fish much resembling the small Perch, but not 

 so handsome, having a curious rough shaped head, 

 they are well tasted and easily taken by a small red 

 worm, they are not very numerous, but in the Brent, 

 at the back of Colonel Clitheroe's, I have taken at 

 times a good fry. 



