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MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



CARP AND TENCH. 



The t<wo species contrasted. Alleged healing powers of Tench. Lon- 

 gevity and growth-rate of Carp. Habits and haunts of the two 

 fish. 



Carp and Tench fishing : tackle, baits, ground baits, &c. 



Carp and Tench appear naturally to "go together," 

 like strawberries and cream, or Cod and oyster sauce 

 Although I have occasionally known waters containing 

 Carp to be destitute of Tench, I cannot call to mind a 

 single instance of the converse of the proposition. Carp 

 and Tench are equally long-lived out of water, their 

 habits and food are similar. They are both to be best 

 fished for with the same baits, at the same seasons, and, 

 so far as bottom fishing is concerned, in precisely the 

 same manner. It is also a curious circumstance, that 

 whilst it is difficult to imagine two fish more opposite 

 ^ in colouring — the Tench being of a very dark olive 

 green, and the common Carp of a golden-bronze colour 

 — yet otherwise, in the general shape and contour of the 

 body they bear so striking a resemblance, that between 

 specimens of the same size a change of coats would be 

 hardly an inconvenience to either. Again, in regard 



