THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



small trout or salmon) caught in the shallows in the 

 spring of the year, with a fly-line and gentle, on a small 

 artificial fly (see FLY-FISHING). Leaving Laleham, I 

 know of no good place till you come to 



CHERTSEY DEEPS. 



There you may take plenty of the usual Thames fish, such 

 as Barbel, Perch, Roach, Dace, Bleak (and Gudgeons on 

 the scours); there are a few fish called Pope, which come 

 out of the River Wey, that empties itself into the Thames 

 hereabout (see RIVER WEY). The next place is 



SHEPPERTON DEEPS, 



where the Barbel often run large, as they do also in the 

 Deeps at 



WALTON. 



I here, as well as in the forementioned places, allude to 

 punt-fishing; but there are likewise plenty of good spots 

 to angle from on the banks, all the way from Staines to 

 Richmond, which you may generally discover by the deep 

 and curling eddies, as well as by the grass being worn off by 

 former sportsmen standing thereon; this remark I have 

 found of great service to me at many places to which I 

 have been a stranger. From Walton you may pass on to 



HAMPTON, 



where there are plenty of fish in the deeps, as there are 

 also at Hampton Court Water Gallery, where you may, 

 as well as at some other parts of the river, occasionally 

 meet with a Trout or two, the largest and best of the kind 

 in England; they are generally from five to ten pounds 

 each, though I confess they are scarce: (I do not think 

 they breed about here, but grow to a large size when they 

 get into this part of the river, the same as the Carp and 

 Tench in the Lea;) there are also many Eels, some good 

 Perfch, and a few Jack in different parts of the river. 



