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twenty dew worms into bits an inch long, and tliTOw them in, 

 Spreading them as little as possible, so as to keep the fish 

 ■together, and all in one channel. AUow for the stream and the 

 depth of the ■water, so that the worms may get to the bottom 

 eight or ten yards below where you are to stand to fish. As 

 soon as they get to the bottom every bit will be de^voured. Now 

 put on your hook a well scoured lob, allowing half an inch of 

 the bait to writhe about, and send it in the same direction that 

 your ground bait has gone, and it is almost certain you get a 

 .fish the first swim. When you are going to throw, fetch your line 

 from the third or fourth ring as may be most suitable for the 

 distance, and cast in the same direction as you have thrown the 

 worms, holding your rod in your right hand, and giving line 

 with the left, in such a Way as to keep the float goinjj rather 

 tight, so that your bait may swi-m first. When you perceive 

 a nudge, do not wait until your float goes under, but strike at 

 once, for it often happens that the largest flah bite the shyest. 

 This style of Bream fishing resembles Barbel fishing, and I have 

 often caught both fish in the same swim. If you should get 

 them on the bite with the first bit of stufi^, then you -will know 

 that you are fishing the place in the right style ; but if not, 

 having the wind and water all right, you must have done some- 

 thing or other wrong. Ton may suppose there are no fish in 

 the place, but that is not the case. I have known parties to 

 fish different places for hours, and even days, and catch but very 

 few fish, and yet after they had done angling and gone away 

 vrith the idea that there were no fish in the water, I have fished 

 the same places, and had splendid sport for two or three days 

 in succession. Now, instead of coming to a hasty conclusion, 

 commune with yoiorself. The water is very clear and the sun 

 bright. Tou may have been fishing too close in. Throw in a 

 few more worms lower down, and further out, and take alonger 

 s'wim. It is perhaps deeper further out ; alter your float three 

 or four inches and put on a fresh bait. Now they are biting 

 every swim. By doing everything you can think of to dis- 

 cover the reason of your non-success, you have at last found it 



