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they sometimes prefer ; in summer they will also 

 take gentles, and in the spring and autumn some- 

 times blood and red worms; but paste is the most 

 killing bait. 



The roach likes a sandy bottom, and is very 

 plentiful in the rivers Thames and Lea. Plurnb the 

 depth, and let the bait gently touch the bottom ; 

 cast in ground bait frequently close to the float. 

 Chewed bread is very good for this purpose, or 

 such as is used for chub and barbel. 



Roach are found in rivers, on the shallows, in 

 eddies, and in deep holes ; also about bridges, piles, 

 and locks ; in ponds, near flood-gates, and where 

 the bottom is sandy. They bite only during the 

 summer months in ponds, but all the year in rivers. 

 They will take a bait all day in mild cloudy wea- 

 ther : when it is very hot, mornings and evenings 

 are the best times to angle for them ; if it be cold, 

 the only chance the angler has of taking them, is 

 by fishing in the middle of the day. There are 

 many heavy roach in the holes and eddies between 

 Chertsey Bridge and Shepperton, from thence by 

 Holford, Walton, and Sunbury to Hampton, in the 

 meadows at Teddington, and on the opposite side 

 from Kingston to Richmond. 



Dace. 



Angle for these with the same sort of tackle as 

 for roach, not forgetting your ground bait, but use 

 a hook a size larger ; and bait with a red worm in 

 spring ; in summer, two gentles, on a small bit of 

 greaves, and a gentle on the point of the hook. 

 Begin to fish for them in March, and continue till 

 October, but not after, unless in very mild weather. 



The dace and roach will generally be found to- 



