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swim behind the float, so that the bait goes on first. Be careful 

 always to keep your running line free, for although you are Dace 

 fishing, a Barbel or any other large fish might come, and if your 

 line is not clear, you may guess the consequences. If the fish 

 come on to bite at once, fish until they get rather backward, 

 and then give them a little more minced worm, but take care 

 to throw it in exactly where you threw the first lot. Be careful 

 how you strike with this tackle. Hit short and quick, and if a 

 good fish should pay you a visit, and break your line or tackle, 

 never talk about it, for you would for your pains be called a 

 " duffer only;" but be more cautious for the future. 



When there is a rise of water, and it is coloured, your only 

 chance is to fish in shallows. If it is coloured so much that 

 you cannot see more than, say, six inches down, then select a 

 slow swim of from two to three feet deep, on a gravelly bottom. 

 In this state of the water the fish are close to the side, and will 

 bite there if you stand well back, and keep quiet, for you must 

 know that the least shake on the bank sends all the fish off in a 

 moment. You cannot be too still when fishing a place of this 

 sort. Fish in the same style as recommended for clear water, 

 but a three shot float will be large enough, and you will catch 

 them better with half the quantity of ground bait. Two, or not 

 more than three, dew worms cut very small will be quite suffi- 

 cient at a time. If you wish to fish places of this sort, you 

 should look out when the water is low for level spots, free of 

 rubbish. Mark them, and you will then know where to go 

 when the water has risen. 



