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roach bite, and the chances are that in nine cases out of 

 ten the point of the rod will first duck downwards and touch 

 the table before it strikes upwards to hook the imaginary 

 fish; and if this would even happen in using a fairly good 

 and stiff rod, what must it be in a very limber one? I shall 

 have occasion to refer to this subject again, so will leave it 

 for the present. Briefly, the foregoing remarks give a few 

 hints and some idea of the various styles of roach fishing 

 in vogue in different waters. 1 will try to explain them all 

 in detail as I proceed. 



