308 THE angler's guide. 



The New River. — Juvenile Anglers and angling described. 



The New River has many Fish in all parts of it^ 

 from Islington to its som'ce, near Ware, in Hertford- 

 shire 3 though they are not so large as those caught 

 in the Thames or Lea, this river being perfectly free 

 for all persons to angle in, (and very narrow near 

 London,) it is particularly well calculated for the 

 young Angler to practise in. He may here take Chub, 

 Roach, Dace, Perch, Gudgeons, Bleak, Eels, and 

 Minnows, within a mile of the metropolis. In the 

 preserved parts, about Southgate, Enfield-Park, 

 Enfield, and Winclimore-Hill, the New River can 

 boast of several good Carp, Jack, Roach, Chub, large 

 Gudgeons, and Eels, but in the more exposed or open 

 free parts of this stream the Fish are very small. The 

 curious little Fish, called a Stone Loach, is often 

 caught in this River while angling for Gudgeons. 



This fine artificial stream is near forty miles in 

 length, and has upwards of two hundred bridges 

 and forty-three sluices : over and under it, many 

 small brooks and water-courses have their passage 

 between the bason at Chadwell, and London. The 

 New River is a nursery for London Anglers, where 

 the juvenile Angler makes his first essay to take 

 small Perch, Gudgeons, Roach, Bleak, &c. either at 

 bottom with worms, gentles, cads, or paste, or at top 

 dapping with a house-fly or whipping with a small 

 black artificial gnat-fly. From this place, he proceeds 

 to the River Lea, where, with attention, he may become 

 a complete Angler, and boldly challenge the world to 



