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not recollect any thing like it before in angling. 

 It was one of the finest day's sport ever known, 

 and the fishermen attending could not take the 

 fish off the hooks quick enough. 



Morning Post, Oct. 22, 1821. 



Near Withy am, in the river Medway^ in the 

 month of July, great quantities of very fine roach 

 may be caught, and there are also plenty of dace 

 which are shy of biting, but may be taken with 

 a fly. Some very fine roach and dace are taken 

 near Arlington Castle in this river, -and every 

 accommodation may be had at a public-house 

 near thereto, named the Gibraltar. This part of 

 the river is also very fine and picturesque. 



The ancient way of fishing for roach at London 

 Bridge. -~ -Take a strong cord, at the end of 

 which, fasten a three pound weight, one foot 

 above the lead fasten also a small cord of twelve 

 feet long ; add, at convenient distances, half a 

 dozen links of hair, with roach-hooks well baited, 

 then holding the cord in the hand the biting 

 of the fish may be easily felt; this might be prac- 

 tised at other places, where the water is deep 

 and the current very brisk. 



Gentleman s Recreation. 



