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employ under these conditions, and roving about stands the 

 best chance of getting sport. Another little thing I should 

 just like to iiiention, and that is, that some odd times, \\-hen 

 fishing in deep and quiet waters, bream will strip every par- 

 ticle of w^orra from tlie hook and their presence be hardly felt 

 or seen by even the most wideawake fisherman. He perhaps 

 5ees a tiny quiver or shake maybe of the float : our breamer 

 strikes, and finds to his astonishment that his hook is clean 

 and bare, and wonders however the fish managed to do' it. 

 Various dodges have been triedi to counteract this, such as 

 whipping another and smaller hook on the tackle an inch 

 above the other one, and hanging the top end of the wormi 

 on this smaller, or lip hook, as it is known on the Trent. In 

 my opinion this plan is only partly successful when the bream 

 are biting in this fashion. It is the best to use as small a 

 bait as possible, just enough tO' cover the point and shank 

 of tlie hook, say about three-quarters of an inch fromi the tail 

 of a small lob-worm or larg^ brandling, threaded carefully 

 as far as the end of the shank, and a tiny cockspur or brand- 

 ling wriggling crossways ooi the point. The angler should 

 strike promptly at anything he supposes toi be the slightest 

 Indication of a bite ; Mr. Breami may be suddenly astonished 

 in his quiet bait-stealing operations. Anyhow, I know it is 

 worth trying; many of my best bream have been hooked 

 when adopting this dodge. I must now bring my re- 

 marks to a close, and hope my readers will derive some bene- 

 fits from the experiences herein roughly described ; anyhow, 

 if they get as much pleasure in reading them as I have had 

 in penning them I shaU be amply repaid for my trouble, and 

 may all of you enjoy tight lines and a clear conscience when 

 you go a-fishing. 



