144 AN ANGLER'S YEAR 



little boiled wheat should be used, thrown in after the 

 ground-bait. 



The tackle required will be : 



(1) A good stiff Nottingham float, carrying at least 

 twelve largest-size shot. 



(2) One or two No. 6 hooks on gut. If two 

 hook tackle be used, place the shot almost Jin. apart, 

 right at the lower end of the gut trace, which should be 

 not more than a yard long, and of good lake trout 

 strength, about lOin. between knots. One hook is 

 attached to the lower loop, and the other looped on at 

 the next knot above the shots. This gives nearly a foot 

 between the baits. The upper hook may be omitted. 



(3) The running or reel line deserves the greatest 

 attention. It must be fine, strong, and dressed. The 

 best lines the author has ever used are the well known 

 Olinea line, G. or H. size (see Fig. 3) ; and a good dressed 

 line recommended and sold for this special purpose by 

 Mr. Nichols, of Stalham, a well-known professional and 

 tackle dealer. 



These two lines have been specially mentioned on 

 account of the difficulty that the author has found in 

 obtaining a dressed line sufficiently fine that will stand 

 any wear at all. This line should be never less than 

 twenty-five yards in length, and, preferably, ought to be 

 forty. 



(4) The rod should be strong and light, with a good 

 whippy top, and rriged, preferably with bridge rings, to 

 allow the line to run easily. 



Thus furnished for sport, with a little hamper for 

 creature comforts, start off, after a good breakfast, about 

 eight in the morning, and row steadily over the waterto 

 where you expect the fish are. Bream on shallow broads 

 usually get up wind and hence hug the windward shore. 

 They feed also with southerly and westerly better than 

 easterly breezes. If a north wind blow, better stay at 

 home or go and fish some river, for you will find the 

 Broad fish completely off their feed. 



Now, how are you to find your fish ? Quite simply. 

 Bream always thicken the water when they are feeding 



