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come for rest and food ; the crumbling bank gives 

 them a chance of a slug or worm. We must 

 change our line for a finer one and put on a 

 smaller hook. I will tie the head of the punt in 

 among the bushes so that her tail hangs out, that 

 you may have complete command of the fishy 

 eddy that is just below. Here I will drop a ball 

 of ground-bait, with heads and tails of worms 

 invitingly sticking out, so that it will not open 

 until it reaches the ground just between the stream 

 and eddy. No ! we will not plumb the depth ; it's 

 about 8 feet ; but to make sure you reach the 

 bottom, suppose it to be a trifle over. Cast out 

 into the stream as you did for chub and bring it 

 in as it is flowing down so that the worm upon the 

 hook is near the ground-bait. Not long to wait 

 and, probably, not long before we shall have taken 

 the best of the roach from this swim. 



Sit tight and we will on to the next quiet 

 eddying hole, and, while doing so, notice that we 

 are travelling round a sharp bend, or elbow, of the 

 river, while, opposite, it circles round a very long 

 distance. Imagine it in flood time and you will 

 understand that if only half the fish from the great 

 space of rushing water opposite have gathered here 

 they must be thick indeed. 



However should we fail to find sufficient sport 

 here to occupy our day we will go a little farther 

 up, round the next bend, to Hayne's Boughs. 

 There we are sure to find fish after the first 



