Gudgeon and Roach. 



the line at a dirty white. Enough 

 moisture must be left in the 

 dough to keep it from crumbling 

 off the hook. A very little prac- 

 tice will make one, never intended 

 to be a cook, a passable hand in 

 this branch of culinary art. 



Biscuit paste is prepared in a 

 similar way, first cutting off the 

 crust, and yellow bait by adding 

 a little turmeric to the flour. 

 Cochineal is the colouring ele- 

 ment used in red paste. A small 

 piece the size of a large pea is 

 placed on the hook for fishing. 

 The strike must be of lightning 

 quickness ; the fraction of a 

 moment too late enables Master 

 Roach to strip the hook bare. 



Well-scoured worms may be 

 tried as another lure, using a 

 No. 6 sized hook with a sneck 

 bend. In this case longer time 

 may be given when the knocks of 



the float indicate a biting fish. 

 The loose ends of the worm are 

 first attacked, and if the bait is 

 not drawn away, they tempt the 

 appetite of the feeder to make 

 further acquaintance with the 

 lure, to his own destruction. Do 

 not strike, therefore, at the first 

 nibble ; a second knock or per- 

 ceptible deepening of the float is 

 the time for action. In the winter 

 months roach are in best con- 

 dition, and give the most vigorous 

 play ; they then take to deeper 

 water, and the light swims know 

 them no more. The stock of 

 larvae and other diet in the gravel 

 are exhausted, or swept by floods 

 into the deeper pools, where they 

 go in quest of them. There they 

 must be sought, and to find them 

 on the feed on a frosty winter's 

 day is to enjoy the perfection of 

 roach fishing. 



