ROACH AND RUDD. 26 1 



All the foregoing observations on Roach fishing apply 

 equally to fishing for Rudd. 



Roach and Rudd will both take a fly occasionally in 

 hot weather, and when basking at the surface. Any 

 small black fly will take if the fish will : but the latter 

 occurrence is so uncertain that fly-fishing for Roach 

 cannot be recommended under ordinary circumstances. 



There are three other species belonging to the same 

 genus as the Roach, viz. the "Double Roach," the 

 "Graining," and the " Azurine," or Blue Roach. These 

 species, however, are either confined to a few particular 

 localities, or are so rarely met with as to pertain rather 

 to the department of the ichthyologist than that of the 

 fisherman. An account of their habits and characte- 

 ristics will be found in the " Angler-Naturalist." 



