CHAPTER IV. 

 SPECIALISING. 



Bad days Need for adapting method to circumstance 

 Different fish to be differently attacked Roach fishing 

 Ground-bait and hook baits A roach swim How 

 to fish it Roach bites Tight-corking Baiting a 

 bream pitch Baits for bream Need for a longer rod 

 for roach and bream Fine-drawn gut and single hair 

 A few more baits. 



THE sum of the novice's knowledge, after his 

 first very successful day's fishing, is now con- 

 siderable. He has learnt the principles of float 

 fishing, of the manipulation of rod and reel, of 

 playing and landing fish, and he knows that many 

 different kinds of fish will in certain circumstances 

 bite at a worm. But it may be that he is not yet 

 sure of all his lessons, in which case he would do- 

 well to visit the mill-pool again, and endeavour to 

 repeat his experiences of the first day. Whether 

 he will do so no man knoweth ; the ways of fish, 

 their moods, and their inconstancy are too 

 mysterious for light prophecy. At any rate, the 



