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and allow your bait to be very near the bottom. 

 The baits are paste, or gentles. When you 

 begin, throw into the place you angle in some 

 ground bait, to bring them together ; keep your 

 eye to the float, which should be a quill one, 

 and the gut line with as many shot attached to 

 it as will carry the float about a quarter the 

 length of it out of the water, and strike smartly, 

 but gently when you see it move downwards. 

 They bite best in mild dark days. Work the 

 paste between the hands (bread without wet), 

 and when rather tough, mix a little vermilion 

 with it, they like this best. Let the shot be 

 about half a foot or so from the hook, which 

 should be a No. 10 or 13, and where there are 

 large ones. No. 8, tied on gut. When I was a 

 little boy this sort of angling used to be my 

 favourite amusement, with the running bait for 

 trout after a flood. 



