AND HOW TO USE IT. 31 



off with the line with all its strength : but after 

 a few hard struggles, turns on its side, and is 

 then an easy captive to a skilful angler. On 

 first hooking a bream, the angler should pay 

 out the line freely before attempting to turn it. 



The favourite resorts of bream, are the 

 broadest parts of fresh water rivers ; they are 

 also generally abundant in lakes and large 

 ponds, where there is a fresh current of water 

 running through them. 



Bream are by nature a greedy fish, and will 

 sometimes take pastes, caddis-bobs, and grubs : 

 they will also take the house-fly, stone-fly, 

 flesh-fly ; and in the evening moths. 



The angler must be particular in keeping out 

 of sight, as bream often rise to the surface as 

 if to reconnoitre, and then dive again to the 

 bottom. 



BAKBEL FISHING. 



THE barbel, though not a very choice fish for 

 the table, affords the angler excellent sport. It 

 is generally a bold-biting fish, though the large 

 ones are sometimes very crafty, and when 

 hooked they are so strong and cunning, that 

 they often lie motionless at the bottom of 



