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of greaves. I have had some pretty bags of this 

 fish from this spot and he makes good sport. 



DACE. 



If quantities be wanted, if so many dozens are 

 your mark, go to the lower river between Tedding- 

 ton and Richmond and admire the skill with which 

 your fisherman will keep the swim alive with 

 soaked bread and bran, or rake, and help you to 

 learn the knack of keeping on your hook the 

 neatly cut square of bread-crust until the proper 

 striking moment. 



You will enjoy such a day and will return home 

 with the feeling that you have mastered a difficult 

 lesson, one which often brings great success in the 

 capture of both dace and roach. 



I prefer up-river reaches and larger fish. I 

 choose a fairly strong stream where there is from 

 4 to 6 feet of water with an even bottom, or where 

 it shallows off towards the end of the swim. For 

 ground-bait soak bread in the water in which 

 greaves have been simmered, mix the bread with 

 bran and chopped greaves, and make this compound 

 into small balls with sufficient clay to take them to 

 the desired spot. Then bait your small hook with 

 white pieces of greaves, and you will often get 

 good takes of dace, with a roach or two and, 

 perhaps, some barbel if there be any near. 



Try a worm occasionally for other fish that 



