CHAPTER III. 

 AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 



The quiet time An eel How to cook a perch Tea and its 

 uses A gudgeon A lost pike "Caught up" Dace 

 and roach A feeding trout A bream Drying the 

 line. 



THE novice now gets some idea of how time flies 

 when one is having sport, for on glancing at his watch 

 he finds that it is already 2 p.m., and he remembers 

 that he has taken no thought of lunch yet. It is 

 hot in the sun, too, so he removes himself to the 

 willows by the side of the pool, and there, reclining 

 in the shade, eats and rests in great content. 

 From now till about 5 p.m. is the slack part of the 

 day, when fishes meditate and anglers take things 

 easily. But a worm resting on the bottom in the 

 deep water under these trees can at any rate do no 

 harm. The float has to be put a few inches 

 higher, so that the bullet may just touch the 

 bottom. When he is for trying the depth the 

 novice finds that he has lost his plummet. Fortu- 

 nately he has the spare one in his tackle-case. One 

 always loses one's plummet sooner or later, and 



