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end_n	april_n	july_n	june_n	1,399	5	11.1159	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64795	The experienc'd angler, or, Angling improv'd being a general discourse of angling, imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river.	Venables, Robert, 1612?-1687.	1662 (1662)	Wing V183; ESTC R16184	35,054	125

rise freely and kindly except in the evening and that the same prove very pleasant 4. If the wind be extream high so that you cannot guide your tools to advantage 5. When Shepherds or Country-men wash their Sheep though whilest they are washing I mean the first time onely the fish will bite exceedingly well I suppose the filth that falleth from the Sheep doth draw them as your baiting a place together and then they so glut themselves that till the whole washing time be over and they have disgested their fulness they will not take any artificial baits 6. Sharp bitter nipping winds which most usually blow out of the North or East especially blast your recreation but this is rather the season than the wind though I also judge those winds have a secret maligne quality to hinder the recreation 7. After any sort of fish have spawned they will not bite any thing to purpose until they have recovered their strength and former appetite 8. When any clouds arise that will certainly bring a showre or storm though in the midst of Summer they will not bite I have observed that though the fish bite most eagerly and to your hearts content yet upon the first appearing of any clouds that will certainly bring rain though my own judgment could not then apprehend or in the least conjecture that a storm was arising they have immediately left off biting and that hath been all that hath given me to understand that a showre was coming and that it was Prudence to seek shelter against the same CHAP. IX The best times and seasons to angle WE now come to the affirmamative part which is the best season to angle that as before we discovered when it would be lost labour to seek recreation so now you may learn to improve opportunity when it offers it self to best advantage 1. Calm clear or which is better coole cloudy weather in Summer the wind blowing gently so as you may guide your tools with ease in the hottest months the cooler the better 2. When the floods have carried away all the filth that the rain had washed from the higher grounds into the river and that the river keepeth his usual bounds and looketh of a Whay colour 3. When a sudden violent shower hath a little mudded and raised the river then if you go forth in or immediately after such a showre and angle in the stream at the ground with a red worm chiefly if there be store of fish in the river you will have sport to your own desire 4. A little before any fish spawn your own observation will inform you of the time by the fulness of their bellies they come into the gravelly sandy foards to rub and loosen their bellies and then they bite very freely 5. When Rivers after rain do rise yet so as that they keep within their banks in swift rivers the violence of the stream forceth the fish to seek shelter and quiet ease in the little and milder currents of small Brooks where they fall into larger Rivers and behind the ends of Bridges that are longer than the breadth of the River making a low vacancy where the Bridge defends a small spot of ground from the violence of the stream or in any low place near the rivers side where the fish may lie at rest and secure from the disturbance of the rapid stream in such a place being not very deep and at such a time you will find sport my self have ever found it equal to the best season 6. Early in the morning from Carp and Tench before Sun rising until eight of the clock and from four after noon till night Carp and Tench from Sun set till far in the night in the hot months 7. In March beginning of April later end of September and all winter fish bite best in the warmth of the day no winds stirring the air clear in Summer months morning and evening is best or cool cloudy weather if you can find shelter no matter how high the wind be 8. Fish rise best at the flye after a shower that hath not mudded the water yet hath beaten the Gnats and Flyes into the Rivers you may in such a shower observe them rise much if you will endure the rain also the best months for the flye are March April May part of June in the cooler months in the warmest time of the day in warmer weather about nine in the morning three after noon if any gentle gale blow sometimes in a warm evening when the gnats play much Also after the River is cleared from a flood they rise exceeding well I conceive they were glutted with ground baits and now covet the fly having wanted it a time 1. A Trout bites best in a muddy rising water in dark cloudy windy weather early in the morning from half an hour after eight till ten and in the afternoon from three till after four and sometimes in the evening but nine in the morning and three afternoon are his chiefest and most constant hours of biting at ground or fly as the water suits either March April May and part of June are his chiefest months though he bites well in July August and September After a showre in the evening he riseth well at gnats 2. Salmon three afternoon chiefly in May Iune Iuly August a clear water and some wind and he biteth best when the wind bloweth against the stream and near the Sea 3. Carp and Tench morning and evening very early and late Iune Iuly and August or indeed in the night 4. A Chevin from Sun rising or earlier at Snails especially for in the heat of the day he careth not for them in Iune and Iuly till about eight again at three after noon at ground or fly and his chief fly which he most delights in is a great Moth with a very great head not unlike to an Owl with whitish wings and yellowish body you may find them flying abroad in Summer evenings in Gardens some wind stirring large Rivers chiefly streams or shade he will take a small Lamprey or Seaven-eyes an Eele-brood either of them about a straws bigness 5. Pike bites best about three Afternoon in a clear water a gentle gale July August September October 6. A Bream from about Sun rising till eight in a muddy water a good gale of wind and in Ponds the higher the wind and where the waves are highest and nearer the middle of the Pond the better end of May June July especially and August 7. Roch and Dace all day long best at the top at flie or Oak-worm principally and at all other worms bred on herbs or trees Palmers Caterpillers c. in plain Rivers or Ponds under Water-dock-leaves under shady trees 8. Gudgeon April and till he have spawned in May and little after that till Wasp time and then to the end of the year all day long 9. Flounder all day in April May June July CHAP. X. General Observations 1. LEt the Anglers