48 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



CHAP. XI. 



TENCH. 



THE Tench is generally prized as a fine rich 

 fish ? but they are very scarce in most of the 

 rivers and streams about London ; some few 

 are taken in the spring and summer out of the 

 rivers Thames and Lea, also in the Camber- 

 well and Croydon canals : I have caught very 

 fine Tench in the river Roding, near the bridge 

 called Red-bridge, at Wanstead, and several 

 in the ponds in Wanstead-park. They take 

 red worms in the spring, and gentles or sweet 

 paste in the hot months : use a fine gut line, 

 quill float, and No. 10 hook. 



REMARKS ON TENCH. 



The Tench will breed in rivers, lakes, and 

 ponds, but they thrive best in ponds where 



