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not be cast down with bad luck, or be elated 

 with good ; for the same success cannot always 

 attend him. 



2d. Never angle in glaring colours, for they 

 are the easiest to be discerned by the fishes ; al- 

 ways turn out early in the morning, for that is 

 the best time of the day ; keep your tackel always 

 neat, and let your baits be in the highest per- 

 fection. 



3d. When you angle shelter yourself as much 

 as possible from the sight of the fishes, for they 

 are timorous and easily frighted ; and when you 

 angle for trout, you need never make above one 

 or two trials for him in the same place, for he 

 will in that time either take the bait or let it 

 alone *. 



4th. When the nights prove dark, cloudy or 

 windy, you will the next day have but little sport 

 in respect to catching large fishes, especially 

 trouts; for in those nights they range about and 

 devour small fishes ; but if the nights are bright 

 and the moon and stars are out, and the days 

 following should be overcast, dark, and gloomy, 

 you may depend on having good sport ; for 

 fishes are then as timorous as in sun-shiny days, 

 and never stir from their holds : therefore, hav- 

 ing abstained from food all night, they are hun- 

 gry and eager, and being encouraged by the 

 darkness and gloominess of the day to range 

 about, they then bite boldly and eagerly. 



oth. If you wish to know what ground-bait 

 fishes like best, the first you take open his sto- 

 mach, and there you will find what he fed on 

 last, and bait acordingly. 



* This observation holds good for pikes or perch. 

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