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another supply. I am always particular on this point, trying 

 every dodge I can think of to find where the first bit of stuff 

 has gone, because if I were to give them a lot more cheese without 

 catching a fish they would eat it up, and I would still be in the 

 same fix. The fish would be filling their bellies while Ishould have 

 been filling my basket. I, therefore, determine to find them out 

 after they have got the first dose. Ton must remember what 

 you are fishing with now, for a very few bits ofcheese will satisfy 

 a Barbel, so that if you don't catch him after throwing in a little 

 you won't catch him at all. Plumbing will answer the purpose 

 better for cheese fishing, as you can fish in deep water, and catch 

 fish at a greater distance than you can with the tight float, which 

 is of course much better. As I have already explained the style 

 of plumbing with the worm, you will understand how to plumb 

 with cheese. 



If you bait a place with scratching, one pound and a half,' 

 prepared as I have already shown you, will be sufficient, but I 

 am sure it would be better not togroundbait at all — so experience 

 has taught me. Take your bit of stuff and shift from place to 

 place — -catching one or two here, and three or four there — ^fishing 

 with a quill float if you can, if not use a light cork one, and No. 

 6 hook. Tight corking is used the same way and in the same 

 places as I have recommended for cheese fishing, throwing in 

 merely a very small bit of scratching now and then while fishing, 

 by which method I am convinced you will take more fish than 

 by ground baiting. 



Now, I think, if you will pay proper attention to this lesson 

 on Barbel fishing, there is no fear of your ever getting "licked." 



