84 BOTTOM OR FLOAT-FISHING. 



DACE FISHING. 



The Dace will occasionally take all the baits 

 enumerated for Roach and Rudd, especially 

 gentles ; but the best bait for them all the year 

 round is a small red worm, the tackle and mode 

 of using it, as well as the method of ground baiting, 

 being identical with that described for Roach 

 fishing. Any of the smaller description of worms, 

 broken into two or three pieces, or carrion gentles, 

 will be found the best ground bait. The haunts of 

 Dace at different seasons, and consequently the 

 best places for catching them, are also very similar 

 to those of the Roach, the only difference that I 

 am aware of being that the Dace affects rather 

 stronger and more rapid waters than the Roach. 

 Indeed, especially during the summer months and 

 towards evening, Dace can be most readily taken 

 with a fly on the swiftest rapids and shallows. 



A red or black gnat, dressed on a No. I or No. 

 2 hook, will generally kill Dace, if they are dis- 

 posed to rise. It often happens when Dace are 

 rising shyly that a gentle used on the point of the 

 hook acts as a provocative of appetite. 



