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weather be warm, you may sometimes take 

 them in the docks till October, I mean in the 

 deep docks. But you will never take them 

 there in the first of the season, until the water 

 has become warm by the sun, &c. In the more 

 shallow docks, such as the timber, &c., they 

 will feed earlier and later. Upon one occasion 

 in the West India Timber Dock, I took a 

 handsome dish only four days before Christmas. 

 In the Lea, Thames, and other rivers, they 

 will feed in the middle of warm days all 

 through the winter, if the water be in good 

 condition, that is, not too much coloured. A 

 good deal depends on the wind and weather at 

 all times of the year. If the day be bright and 

 fine, and the wind in the north, or east, you 

 will be sure to have very little sport, or if the 

 day be raw and cold, you will not take many. 

 A south, south-east, or south-west wind is the 

 best all the year round, and if the water be in 

 order, you will be almost sure of sport when 

 either of those winds blow. A lowering day, 

 with a gentle breeze and a little soft rain, is 

 always the best for roach fishing. 



