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CHAPTER VII. 



FLY FISHING FOR COARSE FISH. 



DACE FISHING RIVERS FOR LARGE FISH FLIES FOR 



CHUB FISHING WEIGHTING FLIES LARGE Frsn 



ROACH PERCH PIKE WHERE TO FISH FOR PIKE 



How TO MAKE A PIKE FLY FOREIGN FISH. 



To an enthusiast about fly fishing there is always a certain 

 amount of gratification in throwing his line on any water 

 where there is a probability of fish of any kind rising to 

 his flies. I have often found amusement in fishing with 

 fly for many kinds of fish in various parts of the world, 

 and on rivers in which there were no salmon or grayling, 

 and no, or at any rate only a very occasional, trout. 

 Dace. Dace fishing, where they are in numbers and run 

 large, is very good amusement. The best rivers in 

 England for them to my knowledge are the Wye in 

 Herefordshire, the Usk and the Avon in Somersetshire 

 which hold quantities of them. I have often on warm 

 evenings, and also very early in the mornings, caught 



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