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 THE AZURINE, OR BLUE ROACH. 



{Cijprinus acruleus.) 



This is a very rare fish. I have never had the hick to 

 see this fish. It is not however uncommon abroad, I be- 

 lieve, and is mentioned by German writers on anghng. 



RUDD. 



[Scardinius erytropthahnus.) 



Local names : Finscale, Red-eye, Eoud, Rudd, Sliallow. German : 

 Das Rothauge. French : La Rotengle. 



The Eudd {Leuciscus, or Cyprinus erythropthalmus), or 

 Eoud, as it is known in the Norfolk vernacular, is very 

 plentiful in the Norfolk broads, and especially those 

 north-west of Yarmouth. Their colour varies much. 

 In some shallow broads they are of a bright golden 

 hue ; in others, where the water is deep, their scales 

 are like those of a roach or dace. A small red worm, 

 gentles, and a paste made with honey and flour, will 

 sometimes be taken freely when all others fail. 



In Land and Water, vol. xviii., August 8, 1874, my 

 friend. Dr. Norman, gives the foUowing valuable ex- 

 periences relative to Eudd fishing in Norfolk: ''The 

 best bait is a nice red worm, but the finest fish are 

 taken with a salmon gut foot line and three hooks, a 

 large float, and at least forty yards of strong light line. 

 I have had a brace weighing nearly five pounds several 

 times on my paternoster, and many years ago caught 

 twenty-nine in a few hours, scaling over four stone. 

 The ground should be very carefully baited for two days 

 at least, and a long willow wand stuck in the mud in 

 the middle of it. Anchor the boat very quietly tvrent}*- 



