Q2 BOTTOM OR FLOAT-FISHING. 



CARP AND TENCH. 



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 oppo- 

 site 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 incon- 

 venience to either. Again, in regard to scales, 

 it would be hard to hit upon two fish more dis- 

 similar. 



The Carp has the largest scaling of any of the 



