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creed malt or wheat, with worms, and with white or red paste. 

 I shall suppose that the water is clear, the wind blowing behind 

 you, and that you have selected a gentle swim from three to four 

 feet deep. Get the proper depth and fish so that your bait may 

 swim two or three inches from the bottom, never on it, for you 

 must bear in mind that Roach can see better above than below 

 them. Now sit down and *be very still on the bank. Throw 

 in about twenty small gentles (pick the large ones out) two or 

 three yards above where you sit. In a small box you have got 

 some gentles of a better kind, that you have kept purposely for 

 the hook. Take two, if they are not large, and put one on to 

 cover the shank, and the other the bend of the hook. Sit well 

 back and keep as much out of sight as you can. Now make a 

 cast the same distance out as you have thrown in the ground 

 bait, so that your float may swim to a nicety in the same direc- 

 tion as the ground bait has gone. Let your line swim behind 

 the float, and as much out of the water as possible, letting the 

 float go steadily down the stream as if there was no line attached 

 to it. As your line is very fine, it will glide free and easy 

 through the rings. You may occasionally take a swim of six or 

 eight yards. If the fish should not come on to bite in ten 

 minutes after throwing in the first few gentles, give them as 

 many more, and if this does not take effect, put about twenty 

 inside a small lump of clay ; these will go to the bottom at once, 

 but this style of ground baiting, although very good for boat or 

 punt fishing, makes too much noise when the lump has to 

 be thrown in from the bank, and if you can get the fish to bite 

 by throwing a few gentles in alone all the better. But some- 

 times this is useless, as a shoal of Bleak may be swimming a 

 foot from the surface, that eat up all gentles when thrown in 

 long before they get to the bottom. If the fish should bite 

 after the first lot of gentles, throw in a few now and then, say 

 about a dozen every five minutes. If you have good luck, you 

 will bring out all you throw in with the fish you catch. If there 

 is a good stock of Eoach in the place you are fishing, you can 

 keep them on the bite as long as you like at least, 1 could. 



