16 THE ART OF FISHING. 



CHAPTER IV. 



CONTAINS SEVERAL PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE FLEW NET 

 ITS SIZE DESCRIBING THE LINT AND WALL HOW TO SET. 



YOUR " flew net " to catch tench should be in 

 size and length according to the breadth of the 

 river ; rather longer than across the stream, that 

 you may set it loose. The depth of the net from 

 four to seven feet, as best suits the depth of the 

 river ; I limit it to seven feet, because, however 

 deep may be the water you set it across, the lint 

 of your flew will sink down from its weight and 

 magnitude, if the net exceeds seven feet in depth. 

 The corks may support the flew, but the lint will 

 get so straightened that the fish will not entangle 

 themselves in it : the leads should he of sufficient 

 weight to sink the net to the bottom ; so, if the 

 river be very deep, you must run the hazard of 

 some of the fish swimming over the corks, which 

 will of course be the case with those fish that 

 swim hip-her than seven feet from the bottom. 



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The lint is the small network of the flew, which 



