CARP) AND TENCH. 275 
His practice may be formularized thus :— 
1. The summer months are the only time of the 
year for Carp-fishing, and the best period of the 
day is between sunrise and about seven o'clock, 
after which time they usually leave off biting. 
2. The best bait is a brandling. 
3. He has, however, found the following paste a by no 
means bad substitute: soft Herring roe, worked 
up with bread-crumbs and wool. 
4. He uses the ordinary bottom-fishing tackle with a 
light float, and fishes about half a foot off the 
bottom. 
My own experience concurs almost entirely with that 
of Professor Owen, except as regards paste and bait, 
with which I never had any sport. I used formerly to 
use a plain bread-crumb paste, but later experience has 
convinced me that it was a mistake, and that a well- 
scoured brandling is the best bait both for Carp and 
Tench all the year round. | 
In open waters, however, I employ it in a somewhat 
different way to that adopted by Professor Owen, placing 
the shot at about two feet from the bait and allowing the 
latter to rest, wth about six inches of the line, on the 
bottom. The hook for this purpose should be a No. 7, 
and the collar of fine round picked gut, stained as re- 
commended at p. 30. The float should be a light 
porcupine quill, and it will commonly be found expedient 
gabe 
