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his labour. It is bad angling when windy ; in rain, 

 hail, snow, or thunder, and in " swoly hote weder." 

 The impediments to angling are declared to be 

 twelve. 1. Badly made tackle. 2. Baits not good 

 nor fine 3. Not angling at " bytynge tyme." 



4. The fish afraid to bite from seeing a man. 



5. Water discoloured from floods. 6. Fish not 

 stirring from cold. 7. Hot weather. 8. Raim 

 9. Hail or snow. 10. Tempest. 11. High wind. 

 12. East wind. " The west and northe wyndes ben 

 good, but the south is beste." 



The list of fresh-water fishes commences with the 

 " samon," as the most stately, " though comborous 

 to take." It is stated to be in high perfection from 

 March to Michaelmas. It bites not at ground, and 

 at the beginning and end of the season is to be 

 angled for with a red worm, and with " a bobbe 

 that bredyth in a dunghyll ; and specyally wyth a 

 sovereyn bayte that bredyth on a water docke. 

 .... Also ye may take hym, but it is seldom seen, 

 with a dubbe at suche tyme as whan he lepith in 

 lyke fourme and manere as ye doo take a troughte 

 and graylinge." The trout, "a right deyntous fyssh 

 and also a ryght fervente byter," is in season at the 

 same time as the salmon, and <l ye may angle to 

 hym at all tymes wyth a grounde lyne lyenge or 

 rennynge : savynge in leppynge tyme, and thenne 

 wyth a dubbe. Ye shall angle to hym in Marche 

 wyth a menew hangyd on your hoke by the nethefr 

 nesse wythout flote or plumbe : drawynge up and 

 downe in the streme tyll ye fell him faste. In the 

 same tyme angle to hym wyth a grounde lyne wyth 



