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on, as the fish rising often in very sharp streams are apt 

 to break off from any slight hold. In the eddies of a 

 sharpish stream, over a shallow, by the side of a bank of* 

 weeds, is a sure find for them. Choose for your sport a 

 day that is cloudy and warm, and without much wind ; 

 as if there be much wind you cannot see the rises, and 

 when you feel them it is too late to strike dace, as they 

 reject the fly with great quickness ; hence the use of the 

 gentle, or bacon rind, to make them retain their hold. 

 They are very quick of sight, and on a too sunny day the 

 angler will experience the disappointment of seeing fish 

 after fish, and often two or three at a time, follow his fly 

 for yards without taking it ; when this is the case, try a 

 smaller fly arid finer tackle, and don't forget the bacon or 

 gentle. 



All the methods, and arts, and tackle, recommended for 

 catching roach, are applicable to dace, and the hooks are 

 of a similar size ; only as the dace is rather more carni- 

 vorous, the angler will find worms, greaves, and gentles 

 preferable to farinaceous food ; and although roach and 

 dace for the most part bite in the same swims, yet, if the 

 angler desires more particularly to fish for dace, he must 

 choose a rather swifter and heavier swim ; dace bite rathe? 

 quicker and sharper than roach, and the slow suck-down, 

 that so often betrays a good roach, is not so common in 

 dace-fishing. One good plan of attracting small dace is 

 to rake the bottom, as in gudgeon-fishing, when little or 

 no ground-bait will be needed. 



When fly-fishing for dace, be cautious and quiet, as 

 they are easily alarmed, and a slight wave or unusual 

 ripple on the water will instantly stop their rising. There 

 is no bait so good for taking dace as a red worm, or the 

 tail of a small lob-worm ; next to that, I give the prefer- 

 ence to gentles and greaves. 



Dace are a troublesome fish to get into a trout stream, 



