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seek some other more profitable pastime. How he works 

 when the fish are shy and almost unobtainable is a secret he 

 shares with very few, but his results are invariably the same, 

 and one cannot but be envious of his takes, nor withhold a 

 wondering admiration of the masterly manner in which he 

 handles his simple and almost primitive rods and appurtenants 

 of the fisherman's outfit. To give a history of our old friend 

 "Josser," his experiences, adventures and doings, would fill 



another volume as bulky as 

 the present one, and prob- 

 ably a great deal more 

 interesting ; therefore we 

 must rest content with but 

 a passing reference to this 

 veteran angler and hero of a 

 thousand thrilling episodes. 

 The legitimate fishing 

 as practised in Broad land 

 is confined almost entirely 

 to three methods snap- 

 tackle, spinning and troll- 

 ing. Paternostering is by 

 no means fashionable, 

 although visitors may occa- 

 sionally try it, and the 

 same may be said of gorge- 

 bait and the other methods 

 of pike fishing. 



In spinning, or, as it is often called, " casting," the Broadland 

 angler coils his line on the thwart,* or on the bottom of the 

 boat, in preference to throwing from the reel in the Notting- 

 ham style. Dace and roach are mostly used, and large bait 

 are chosen in preference to small ; occasionally goldfish and 

 gudgeon are taken out, and all kinds of artificial bait are used 

 for trolling. But a dead roach is mostly in favour. 



Some anglers revive their bait with a drop of brandy or 



* A seat running from one side of a boat to another generally amidships. 



PROFESSOR DAY. 



