132 BOTTOM nSHING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE. 



often lost in the weeds than captured, after they have been 

 hooked. Small carp will sometimes bite pretty freely, as 

 they have not had the education of their elders. When I 

 was in the fens of Lincolnshire, I used to watch a few cun- 

 ning old carp that had their home in a very large pond. A 

 friend of mine used to try all manner of dodges for them, but 

 he never got a big one, a few pounders and some nice tench 

 was about the extent of his captures. A river carp will bite 

 a little more freely than a pond carp, for they are taken in 

 some places when fishing for barbel ; or they sometimes get 

 In a roach swim, and take a few gentles or a bit of paste. It 

 is not a regular thing to fish on purpose for them in rivers, 

 when the angler does get one it is a lucky accident, an odd 

 tench or two are also sometimes taken when bream fishing. 

 Cyprinus Tinea is the scientific name for tench. 



