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gentles are always to be preferred, and with 

 them, and bran, ground-bait your swim in 

 exactly the same manner as described for 

 barbel; and the more of them you throw in, 

 the more fish you will be likely to take. The 

 most killing way to bait your hook is with one 

 only, of the largest you have, hooking it through 

 the thick part behind, so that it shall keep 

 moving about on the hook ; and if you do not 

 take a fish with it during a good many swims, 

 take it off and put on a fresh one, for it will 

 not be so tempting when it is dead. In this 

 kind of fishing, always let your float be so 

 adjusted, that your bait shall just touch the 

 ground ; and you must strike at every bite you 

 have, and that as quickly as possible, for dace, 

 in particular, are a very sharp-biting fish, and 

 if you do not have them in the instant, you 

 will not have them at all. 



With respect to places in which to fish, you 

 will generally find a good number of swims for 

 roach and dace in most subscription waters; 

 if, however, these should be engaged, or you 

 are fishing in a free water, the best places are 

 in a run from an eddy, or in an opening 

 between two beds of weeds, or in a place very 

 close to the bank of the river where it is a 



