THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 7 



give your line a proper throw, and play in the 

 water. Upon the top of your line should be 

 looped about eight inches of double thread, 

 with which to loop it to your rod. By adopt- 

 ing this plan you will be able to throw your 

 line out and to strike your fish much better 

 than you would if your hair were looped to 

 your rod. Let the shots on your line be small 

 and close together, about eighteen inches from 

 the hook, with only one about six inches from 

 the hook, which will make it hang in proper 

 trim. Gut is now made expressly for roach 

 fishing, as fine and as round as hair ; but we 

 still give the preference to hair, notwithstand- 

 ing; still you might use such gut for very 

 heavy roach. 



THE HOOK. 



You must never use the common Kirby 

 hooks for roach fishing, for you may be sure that 

 you will not catch many with them ; they are 

 too thick and clumsy, and have too much show 

 about them. It must be the hook made ex- 

 pressly for roach, which is of a very fine wire, 

 and lays hold more quickly and surely, and if 

 tied on neatly is scarcely seen at all. And be 



