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or sweet paste ; a fine gut-line, quill-float, and 

 No. 9 hook, will succeed best for Tench. Fish 

 close to the bottom, and ground-bait with bread 

 and bran, strike directly the float disappears. 

 Angle for Tench in rivers, from April until 

 September, and in ponds from May. In sum- 

 mer Tench get among weeds, when they are 

 taken by dropping your bait in any little open- 

 ing among the weeds ; the line should be with- 

 out a float, and strike sharp the moment you 

 feel a bite, and immediately bring him on shore, 

 as in such a place you cannot play him. 



