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thread. For legering in deep waters with much 

 stream, with a fairly heavy lead, the 

 line must be thicker, to stard the strain 

 of lifting the lead. 



A sneck bent hook, or a crystal hook, rather 

 long in the shank, intermediate in size be- 

 tween a roach-hook and a barbel-hook, 

 should be used for bream, No. 9 being a very good 

 size. A Kirby bent is, if not too short in the 

 shank, an excellent hook. The baits for bream 

 are larger than those for roach ; the mouth of the 

 fish is larger, and more 

 metal in the hook is re- 

 quired for heavy fish, so 

 that a hook a trifle larger 

 than that used for roach 

 should be selected. For 



SNnCK Cent Hooks. gentlcS, whcat Or Caddis, 



No. 6 or 7 will be better, 



so long as they are not weak in the wire ; but 



for paste and worm, I do not think a No. 9 hook 



can be beaten. 



I prefer a blue or brown cast, six feet in length. 



Gut In shallow waters this may be very fine, 



length j-iut; avoid drawn gut. Bream are too heavy 



for this ; and you will get good sport without such 



extra fine gear, which only means loss of time in 



playing a fish. 



The float list is not very varied. 1 seldom use 



a slider float, as I find I get the most and 

 Floats , , . , .,,,.,. , 



best bream with a still bait, having taken 



very few bream in the Wey with anything else. 



Indeed, I may say I confine my floats to two sorts 



only, both quills, the one a porcupine, the other a 



goose- or swan-quill. Either float offers but little 



