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till you have got down the stream, and your line is nearly 

 straight with the weeds, still holding on him to make 

 him feel uncomfortable ; by this method you will gene- 

 rally succeed, when if you were to pull across the stream 

 you would either be broke or the fish lost ; act in a 

 similar manner with Jack and other large fish ; after a 

 little time the fish will feel uneasy by your constantly 

 pulling, which will cause him to move, you must then 

 take advantage of this ; by his repeated shifting he will 

 loosen himself so as to enable you to draw him out. In 

 Roach fishing take the fish out of the swim to kill if 

 possible, if not, shorten your rod by taking off the joints 

 till you have him at command, but do not let him flounder 

 on the top longer than you can help. 



When the water is thick the fish feed at the side, and 

 even on the meadows, when the rivers overflow ; at this 

 time a red worm is best, in fact worms are the most 

 killing bait in coloured or thick water. 



When you arrive at any strange place, I would advise 

 you to enquire what fish the river contains, then take a 

 survey of the whole extent of water you have permission 

 to fish, by these means you will be able to find the most 

 likely spots : I have formerly, in my haste to commence, 

 fished in the very worst part of the water, and ultimately 

 returned home with an empty basket, which, by a 

 previous view, I might have prevented. 



If you are killing fish in a Reich swim^ never rise up 

 or stamp about so as to cause the ground to shake, as 

 from thft marshy nature of the banks of some rivers (par- 

 ticularly the Lea) you will easily do even by walking, in 

 all cases walk as lightly as you can, and both in fly 

 fishing and trolling, fish the near side of the river first, 

 and at as great a distance as possible. 



