GENERAL REMARKS. XI 



Roach, Dace, Perch, Chubb, or any other fish 

 which live in company, and the Angler should 

 lose one after playing him some time, it is 

 desirable, nay necessary, that you throw in im- 

 mediately plenty of ground bait or the others 

 will leave the spot. 



In fishing for Roach or Chubb a sitting posi- 

 tion is to be preferred, for two reasons it keeps 

 you out of sight more, and it enables the angler 

 to see a fine bite. Let me intreat you, however, 

 not to sit on the ground, although it may appear 

 dry, but provide yourself with a portable stool or 

 square piece of cork, which you can carry in 

 your panniers. The great difficulty which a 

 young Angler experiences in going to a stream, 

 is the not knowing in what part of the river to 

 fish; although it is impossible to lay down 



