128 PRACTICAL LESSONS IN POND ANGLING. 



The best method is to throw a few slices of bread, 

 to be carried with the wind, and in a short time it is 

 probable you will see many fish feeding on them ; if not, 

 crumble a little very small, and cast it in where the 

 slices rest ; which will be the means to make them find 

 the pieces at top. When you have suffered them to feed 

 on these some little time, take a very long rod, strong 

 line, middle-sized hook, and one shot fixed just above 

 the hook, and baited with about the size of a large 

 horse bean, of the upper crust of a rasped French roll, 

 and you may pick out what size and quantity you 

 please, by dropping your bait before the largest fish, as 

 he is feeding on the slices at top. This is a sure means 

 of getting sport. This fish is very cautious, and there- 

 fore your float must be small, and you must be sure to 

 keep out of sight ; and because, when hooked, he 

 struggles in a violent manner, you must take care that 

 your tackle be very good and strong, otherwise he will 

 break from you. 



ANGLING FOR TENCH. 



The tench 1 is considered to be a wholesome and 

 nutritive fish. When found in rivers, he prefers 

 weedy pools, and such as are overhung by trees ; the 

 spawning time is from June till September. It is best 

 in season from the end of September till the end of 

 May. The tench is a leather-mouthed fish, and will 

 bite at a well scoured red worm, a maggot, a young 

 wasp-grub boiled in milk, or a green worm from the 



(1) In Latin, Tinea vulgaris. 



