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style, and let my float travel for about 15yds. However, 

 before tbe magic quill bas gone 2yds. beyond tbe limit 

 of our former swim, it commences to go under. I strike 

 sharply, before it bas disappeared, and tbe keeper bas tbe 

 satisfaction of landing tbe roacb of tbe day, a fine fat fellow, 

 weigbing Iflb. Evening is now coming on, and baving a 

 drive before us, and certain social engagements, tbe rypecks 

 are lifted, and tbe keeper poles us back to tbe weir. Here 

 we meet witb an old friend, wbo bas come to pass a couple 

 of bours 



Legering for Roach. — He is extremely clever at tliis brancb 

 of tbe sport, and catcbes none but big fisb. He uses a very 

 fine, dressed silk line, a leger made out of 3yds. of fine gut 

 (stained below tbe lead a ligbt brown witb coffee lees), a small 

 leger lead, a No. 6 sbort-sbanked, Round Bend book, and 

 tbree sbot. Tbe first sbot— a large one — be places Sin. 

 from tbe book, tbe second 3ft. fartber up tbe gut; 

 tben comes tbe leger lead, and tbe tbird sbot 1ft. above 

 tbe second. Tbe lead, of course, slides up and down between tbe 

 two upper sbots. Tbe sbot next tbe book is only placed tbere 

 to keep tbe ground-bait in its place; in fact, tbe tackle is 

 almost tbe same as in Fig. 21, minus tbe float. Botb book- 

 bait and ground-bait are merely fine flour and a little fine 

 bran, made up into very stiff dougb. A piece nearly as big as a 

 small marble is put on tbe book, and a piece as large as a small 

 orange round tbe lowest sbot. Tbe fisb come about tbe 

 ground-bait, and one of tbe largest, noticing a fine lump — 

 a good moutbful, and no more — lying by tbe side of tbe larger 

 piece, takes it into its moutb; and if tbe angler feels wbat 

 bas bappened, be strikes, and master roacb quits tbe river 

 for ever. My friend fisbes only by tbe side of tbe lasber in 

 weir-pools, wbere float tackle would be no use, and does great 

 execution in tbis way during tbe summer montbs; but of 

 course tbis tackle can be used in otber swims. Leaving our 

 friend fisbing, we pack up our traps, mount tbe dog-cart, and 

 our pleasant day's roacb-fisbing, during wbicb we bave tried or 

 seen tried nearly, if not quite, all tbe known metbods of 

 taking tbese fisb in summer, is at an end. 



