PERCH. 57 



nows, somet'mes used also for Trout and Pike, is 

 what used to be called by the old writers " roving." 

 It consists simply in substituting an ordinary gut- 

 line, single hook, and float for the paternoster, and 

 baiting with a live Minnow hooked through the 

 upper lip. This method is, however, very inferior 

 to the paternoster for either Perch or Pike ; and 

 for Trout is not to be named with either fly, worm, 

 or spun Minnow fishing. 



Besides Minnows and small Gudgeon, the only 

 live bait that Perch take freely, both in rivers, 

 lakes, and ponds, is the worm a brandling being 

 much the best. It may be used either with the 

 ordinary tackle or in the " Nottingham style," in 

 the mode already described at page 36. 



The hook, single, should be from No. 6 to 

 8 or 9, according to the average size of the 

 Perch in the waters fished. I cannot but think, 

 however, that the two-hook worm tackle else- 

 where recommended for Trout,* may probably 

 eventually supersede the single hook for all 

 kinds of worm fishing, at any rate in running 

 waters, and not impossibly in pond fishing also. 



* " Modern Practical Angler." Routledge and Co. 



