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The best way to fish this water is to try in various 

 places, and when the fish go off the feed try another 

 spot, and so on, returning again to the first. 



To be initiated as a .New River Angler, rise an 

 hour before daylight, in the month of March or April, 

 and walk to the Jolly Butchers at Wood Green, near 

 Hornsey, and there breakfast, and ten to one you will 

 be able to find an expert New River fisher, from 

 whom, if he be a Waltonian, you may depend upon 

 receiving the whole art and mystery, and he will put 

 you in possession of facts, that will in a short time 

 enable you (if you have angling at heart) to give a 

 good account of yourself, and by being satisfied with 

 your sport, encourage you to explore this pretty river 

 further. 



THE BRENT. 



The Brent enters the Thames at Brentford, where 

 it is joined with the Grand Junction Canal. There 

 are places, however, that are remnants of the old 

 river, which are accessible to the Angler ; one just 

 above the first lock from the bridge, on the right from 

 Brentford, in which there are good Roach, Perch, 

 and Bream ; this water is short, and soon joins the 

 Canal above. In the Canal there are fine Gudgeons, 

 good Jack, Perch, Ruff, &c. About half a mile 

 higher, at the back of Col. Cletheroe's, is a deep- 

 shaded part of the old river, where there are Bream, 



