Contents. 



PART I IL— ROACH, RUDD, AND BREAM. 



Chapter L— Roach and Roach Fishing. 



Roach fishermen — Ancient v. Modern Roach — Shyness of Roach 

 — Fecundity of Roach — A Remarkable Incident — How did 

 they get there ?— Description and peculiarities of Roach — 

 Habits and haunts of Roach — Food of Roach — Weight 

 of Roach — Good bags — Roach fishing — The Sheffield style 

 — The Nottingham style — Still water Roaching — Striking 

 with a wobbly rod ........ 



Chapter II.— The Roach (continued). 



Roach Fishing in Still Waters. 

 (On Roach Bites and the Outfit). 

 Choosing a Roach Rod — An Ouse pattern — The Author's 

 Roach Rod — A bit of sound advice — Rod-rings — The 

 Reel and Line — Gut Lines and Gut Hooks — Roach Floats 

 — What is a Roach bite? — A born Roacher — Sucking in, 

 and blowing out, the bait — Striking the fish — "Missed 

 him " — The reason why — The Bleak nuisance — Slow v, 

 quick sinking baits — Those small tormenters - - - 



Chapter III.— The Roach (continued). 



Roach Fishing in Still W^aters. 

 (On Ground Baits and Hook Baits). 

 Still water Roachers — Ground Baits — How to ground bait, and 

 how not to do it — Mixing the ground bait — Roving for 

 Roach — Creed wheat as a Roach bait — Ringing the changes 

 — How to cree wheat — Plumbing the swim — Feeding in 

 mid-water — Stale v. fresh wheat — The postman's knock — 

 Malt — Gentles or maggots — How to breed, and how to 

 prepare them — Gentles in the winter — Paste, plain and 

 coloured — King's bait — The cockspur worm — The weather 

 and its deception 



