102 BOTTOM OR FLOAT-FISHING. 



light fly-rod and line, a collar of the very finest 

 stained gut, with a No. I hook, and at about two 

 feet from the hook fasten a small round piece of 

 cork, about the size of a large green pea, to act as 

 a sort of float. Choose a swim where Bleak are 

 rising which if they are there, they will be 

 tolerably sure to do and having buried the small 

 hook in a single large liver gentle, take a quarter 

 of a handful of bran, and after giving it one quick 

 squeeze under water, so as not quite to soak the 

 whole of it, cast it into the water some ten yards 

 or so from the shore or boat, and immediately 

 afterwards throw the bait into the same place, 

 letting it swim quietly down until a bite is per- 

 ceived. When the swim is finished repeat the 

 cast, using a little more bran now and then as may 

 seem judicious, in order to keep the Bleak to- 

 gether. If, from the rises of the fish, it appears 

 that they are following the bran down the 

 stream, the angler should keep with them, 

 always casting where the most fish are rising. 

 By this means, wherever Bleak are plentiful, a 

 good dish can generally be calculated on, and 



