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get it to the top of the water, then land it 

 as quickly and expertly as you can. 



BLEAK. 



The bleak is found in most rivers ; it 

 spawns in May and is then out of season : 

 it will take a small artificial fly of a brown 

 colour, upon a short fly line. The best 

 bait is a maggot, about a foot and a half 

 under water. Use a single hair line, with 

 five or six of the smallest hooks, each three 

 or four inches above the other. 



MINNOW. 



This small but elegant fish is found in 

 most gravelly streams, and may be taken 

 at any time from March to October. They 

 are equal in delicacy of flavour to any other 

 fish, but, being so small, they are seldom 

 used for the table. They are principally 

 valued as a bait for other fish. Use a 

 single hair line, with two or three of the 

 smallest hooks, and bait with small red 

 worms or maggots. 



