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Two or three hooks may be used at the same 

 time, and affixed to the same bottom, when 

 angling for Perch with the worm or maggot ; it 

 is necessary to tie them to separate pieces of 

 short stiff gut, or bristle, and to fasten them to 

 the line, by means of a loop, about six inches 

 above each other. 



RUFFE. 



THE Ruffe, or Ruffe Perch, chiefly frequents 

 clear rivers ; it is about six inches in length ; 

 its shape is more slender than that of the com- 

 mon Perch ; its head rather large, and some- 

 what flattened ; its colour inclining to olive, 

 with dusky spots dispersed over the body, fins, 

 and tail ; and the belly whitish. Its flesh is 

 very wholesome, and is preferred to the com- 

 mon Perch. 



The Ruffe inhabits mostly deep places with 

 gravelly bottoms ; in summer it will bite all day 

 long, if the weather be cool and the sky cloud- 

 ed ; small red worms, or brandlings, well-scour- 

 ed, are the best baits. It is to be angled for 

 with the same tackle as for Gudgeons. Some- 

 times fifty or a hundred may be taken at one 

 stand. This fish is frequently caught when 

 angling for Perch. 



