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rivers, of which every angler may, in 

 his owa place, make proper observations. 

 Several of the foregoing baits will be taken 

 in some particular rivers and not in others ; 

 and the same baits are taken earlier in some 

 rivers, and sooner or later in some years than 

 others. Whenever you find large shoals of 

 fish, except about their spawning time, they 

 will bite if you use proper baits : fish with a 

 fine line in a strong current, and you will re- 

 quire a less quantity of lead. If you angle 

 for small fish at the ground, use a line of 

 the roundest and smallest silk-worm gut, 

 with a float made of a goose's quill ; while 

 you are angling, do not give them more 

 baiting than will keep them together; and if 

 you intend to angle in the morning, bait well 

 the evening before ; as also in the morning 

 if you intend to angle in the evening. 



The best hours in general esteemed to 

 angle on a clear day, and in clear water, 

 from about the tenth of April until the end o 

 August, are from sun-rise till half past ten 

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