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quendy are pendent, and, if they be lively, will by then; 

 tnotion attract die fishes, and cause excellent sport. 



The third worm should be short, thick, and remark- 

 ably well coloured : it should nm up nearly to the middle 

 Df your shank, and be long enough, when threaded, 

 to overhang die tip of die hook. If this be properly done, 

 you cannot fail bodi to have bites, and to have the best 

 chance of striking with effect : See Fig. 8. Plate III. 



Roving may be practised in almost all waters, but it 

 more applicable to such as are just broad enough to be, 

 reached completely across, when your line is let out to a 

 length rather shorter than your rod j whereby you will 

 have it under complete command. 



The current being middling strong, is in your favour \ 

 more so than very rough, troubled water : though eddies 

 are very excellent aids, as diey occasion returns of your 

 bait, giving far less trouble, and throwing it into situ- 

 ations to which the fish chiefly resort. Still waters are 

 not amiss for roving with the worm, though they are not 

 so good for roving with a minnow. Indeed when the 

 whole operation of roving depends entirely on the angler, 

 it requires a very nice hand, and much judgment, tq 

 practise it with good effect. 



Throw your line, in an easy, swinging manner, across 

 the water - y taking care to go as near as possible to the 

 opposite bank; diat your worm may appear to have 

 dropped out of the soil ; the largest fish, when on the feed, 

 are frequendy found in such situations : let your bait skik 

 a litde at first ; then, with an easy, gentle motion of your 

 rod, derived entirely from your wrist, and not by lifting 

 your arms (wliich is execralle as well as fatiguing), 



give 



