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out. As I said before, if there is only one thing wrong all is not 

 right. Now that you have got the fish on the bite, be very 

 careful how you treat them. Do not dash worms in after every 

 fish you kill. Catch three or four and then give them about 

 twenty worms, for the fewer you throw in the longer and 

 better they will bite. 



There are several Bream holes that I know that are from 

 twenty to thirty feet deep, and you would find it difficult to fish 

 these places unless you understood fishing with the sliding float. 

 With the slider you can fish any depth with the greatest ease. 

 Some of my readers may not know how it is made or worked. 

 I will explain. This float is made the same as the cork float 

 for Barbel fishing, long and thin a little larger than one you 

 fish with in water eight or ten feet deep. Fix two rings, just 

 large enough to allow your line to pass freely through, one 

 almost at the top and the other at the bottom of the float, 

 taking great care that they are in a direct line with each 

 other. When you intend fishing with this float pass your 

 line through both rings, then put on your corking weights, 

 and tie the tackle on. Now you observe the float rests on the 

 corking weights. Let us suppose the water is thirty feet deep; 

 allow the float to remain where it is and measure thirty feet 

 from the hook up the line, at which distance make a drawn noose 

 in the line, and put a small bit of india rubber or line in the 

 noose and draw it carefully up, so that you can shift it out 

 again if required. Now wind the line up and throw from the 

 reel ; as soon as the float drop s give it line slack so that 

 it will pass freely through the rings on the float till it gets 

 to the knot ; when you wind up the float will go back again to 

 the weights. I must not forget to mention that you must have 

 fast rings on the rod to allow the knot on the line to pass freely 

 through. You will find this float excellent for deep water, both 

 for Barbel and Bream fishing. 



When there is a rise of water and Bream leave the deep holes, 

 they will be found in gentle swims three or four feet deep. 

 You should mark out when the water is low and you can see 



