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drain fishing, which will be dealt with in another chapter. 



A young friend was talking to me the other day on this 

 question of roach fishing, and he propounded a theory which 

 fairly astonished me. He said : " Now, you know, the rea- 

 son you get such lots of fish is because you dress your bait 

 and hook with some stuff from the chemist's shop; or, if 

 not, how is it that other fishermen do not meet with like 

 sport ? You get them, when we cannot." Now, if any reader 

 has got a similar idea into his head, that certain successful 

 roachers get their sport by similar means, he may at once 

 reject the idea. Ordinary means and baits, such as can 

 be procured by anybody, will be found all that is required. 



