RIVER TlIAMEts. 313 



whip for them with a fly-rod, light line, and No. 10 

 hook, baited with a gentle j a red-palmer is, also, a 

 good bait. These Fish are allowed to be caught dur- 

 ing the fence-months, on the principle that they are 

 going to leave the river, probably never to return, as 

 the time of their migration is during the fence-months. 

 In the Summer, Chub and Dace are taken here in 

 the same way of angling, substituting a fly for the 

 gentle. Between Laleham and Chertsey-bridge, good 

 Barbel, Roach, &c. are caught in a beat, and from the 

 banks. 



Chertsey- Bridge 

 is about twenty miles from London, some distance from 

 the town : the house most frequented by Anglers, for- 

 merly, was the Cricketers, situated between the bridge 

 and Chertsey, but there are several other houses, in 

 the neighbourhood, affording good accommodation. 

 Boats may be hired here for angling in the deeps (and 

 tackle, if a visitor should be deficient), with a boat- 

 man to attend. The customary charge, on these oc- 

 casions, for the day, is five shillings, and a dinner, &c. 

 for the man. 



Chertsey-deeps contain plenty of fine Barbel, Roach, 

 Dace, &c. ; also, about the bridge, and its wharfings, 

 there is good angling, which may be practised with- 

 out a boat. Here you may take Perch, Roach, Dace, 

 Chub, Bleak, and, sometimes, a Trout. From hence to 

 Shepperton, through the meadows, you will find se- 

 veral capital swims, where I have had excellent sport 

 2e 



I 



