viii. Conte7its. 



Chapter IV.— The Roach (continued). 



Stream and Drain Fishing for Roach. 

 (The Nottingham and Sheffield Styles). 

 Stream v. drain fishing — The stream fishing rod — The Outfit — 

 Floating the line— Floats and Tackle— Ground baiting the 

 streams— Baiting the hook — Fishing the swim — A strange 

 ground bait — A flooded water —" Stret pegging" — The 

 Nottingham style — Finding the depth — Casting out the 

 bait — Ledgering for Roach — Undercurrents — A heavy 

 stream — The Sheffield style— Shrimps as bait — A killing 

 style — Experiences on the Avon and Frome, - - - 36 



Chapter V.— The Rudd. 



RuDD and Rudd Fishing. 

 Rudd and Rudd Fishing — A little known fish — Characteristics 

 of the Rudd — Weight of Rudd — Habits and Haunts of 

 the Rudd — Luring them out — Food of Rudd — Baits for 

 Rudd fishing — "Fine and far off"" — The outfit— Floats — 

 Gut lines and gut hooks — A slowly-sinking bait — Fishing 

 the runs — Playing the fish — Dr. Norman's experiences — 

 The Norfolk style— Fly fishing for Rudd - - - 55 



Chapter VI.— The Bream. 



Bream and Bream Fishing. 

 Bream fishing— White Bream — Carp Bream — Weight of Bream 

 — Distribution of Bream — Peculiarities of Bream — "On 

 the flit " — Antiquity of Bream— Bream in the frying-pan — 

 The Trent style — The Ouse style — A rustic breamer — A 

 picture drawn from life — Night fishing — The outfit — 

 Ground-baiting for Bream — A Bream bite — The hook and 

 crutch — The weather in connection with Bream fishing — 

 Special precautions — Lake Bream — An extraordinary 

 ground bait — Hook baits — Ledgering for Bream — ''Au 

 revoir" 71 



