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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 47

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de by two rods in a day. Asregards choosing a swim, the fish love a shallowover which the river flows gently, on the edgeof a deep hole. As the summer wanes, theygradually get into deeper water. The bottomshould be sandy gravel, i.e.^ not too hard. Asa table fish, gudgeon are most excellent,… … caught without difficulty by means of a singlegentle,caddis, or pieceof paste. Theyafford grandsport to the young angler during the summer,and, particularly if toughened in spirits of wine,or other preservative, are first-rate spinningbaits if mounted on the Chapman spinner orone of its varieties.…

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