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ton, opposite the public-house called the Angler, Hampton- 

 Court bridge and wear, and the wears at Shepperton and 

 Chertsey. These large Trout are objects of great attraction 

 to some of the best London anglers, who unite a degree 

 of skill and patience rarely to be exceeded. The most usual 

 mode practised to deceive these experienced fish is by trolling 

 or spinning with a small Bleak, Gudgeon, or Minnow ; and 

 Trout of fifteen pounds' weight are occasionally taken. 



On the 21st of March in the present year, 1835, a 

 male Trout of fifteen pounds 1 weight was caught in a net. 

 The length of this fish was thirty inches. On the 14th of 

 April following, a male Trout of eleven pounds" weight, 

 and measuring twenty-eight inches in length, was also caught 

 in a net. From this second fish the representation above 

 shown was taken, by permission of Mr. Groves, who allowed 

 a drawing to be made, which was engraved for this work. 



Several deep pools in the Thames above Oxford afford 

 excellent Trout, and some of them of very large size. I 

 have before me a record of six, taken by minnow spinning, 

 which weighed together fifty-four pounds, the largest of them 

 thirteen pounds. Few persons are aware of the difficulty of 

 taking a Trout when it has attained twelve or fourteen 

 pounds 1 weight, and it is very seldom that one of this size is 

 hooked and landed except by a first-rate fisherman : such a 



