270 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
CHAPTER EX 1. 
CARP AND TENCH: 
The two species contrasted. Alleged healing powers of ‘Tench. Lon- 
gevity and growth-rate of Carp. Habits and haunts of the two 
fish. 
Carp and Tench fishing : tackle, baits, ground baits, &c. 
CARP and Tench appear naturally to “go together,” 
like strawberries and cream, or Cod and oyster sauce. 
Although I have occasionally known waters containing 
Carp to be destitute of Tench, I cannot call to mind a 
single instance of the converse of the proposition. Carp 
and Tench are equally long-lived out of water, their 
habits and food are similar. They are both to be best 
fished for with the same baits, at the same seasons, and, 
so far as bottom fishing is concerned, in precisely the 
same manner. It is also a curious circumstance, that 
whilst it is difficult to imagine two fish more opposite 
in colouring—the Tench being of a very dark olive 
green, and the common Carp of a golden-bronze colour 
—yet otherwise, in the general shape and contour of the 
body they bear so striking a resemblance, that between 
specimens of the same size a change of coats would be 
hardly an inconvenience to either. Again, in regard 
