72 BAITS FOR NOTTINGHAM ANGLING. 



in a water and at a time where and when a Thames angler 

 would seldom think of fishing at all. 



The principal baits they use are worms, scratching or 

 greaves, cheese, and creed-malt. In all float-fishing their 

 practice is superior to that of the Thames, and this appears 

 to be so much recognised now, that Nottingham tackle 

 and that style of fishing are very commonly adopted, but 

 only in punt-fishing. The much more workmanlike, 

 scientific, and deadly method pursued by the accomplished 

 Nottingham bank-fisher is almost unknown to the gene- 

 rality of Thames anglers, yet it is quite high art in float- 

 fishing from the bank, and is not at all easy to perform 

 well. I strongly recommend anglers who can afford it to 

 take a turn on the Trent, and put themselves under the 

 tuition of a Nottingham adept ; it will be money saved, as 

 they will be thereafter very independent of punts and 

 puntsmen, and will enjoy the active exertion of walking 

 the river's bank in preference to the too often passively 

 apoplectic operation of sitting in an arm-chair with a pipe 

 and a bottle of stout as a solatium for want of sport. 



