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numbers and of large size. The dace is increasing in numbers 

 but as yet is not sufficiently numerous to be specially fished for. 

 Tench are numerous and large in certain localities, but are 

 rarely taken with bait. The same may be said of carp. Eels 

 abound, and the silver-bellied species are caught in immense 

 numbers in fixed 'eel sets,' while descending to the sea in 

 autumn. Chub are, I believe, unknown in the Broad district, 

 the staple fish of which are bream, roach, and pike. 



The pleasantest mode of access to the various fishing- 

 stations is undoubtedly by boat, that is by having a craft which 

 you can make your floating home for as long as it pleases you. 

 Craft of various sizes and rigs are easily to be obtained. Thus 

 at Wroxham Mr. Loynes has a number of una-rigged boats, 

 each having an excellent tent to fit over the open boat and 

 transform it into a roomy cabin impervious to rain. He has 

 also larger boats of the same rig up to ten tons, having a proper 

 wooden cabin and fitted with many ingenious contrivances to 

 economise space and add to one's comfort. Mr. Loynes' prices 

 for the hire of these boats are reasonable, and a pleasant and 

 economical holiday can be spent by his aid. River yachts of 

 the ordinary type, cutter or sloop rigged, may also be hired, but 

 as owners are constantly changing, it is of little use giving names. 

 At the present time Bullen of Oulton always has yachts on hire, 

 and the Secretary of the Yare Sailing Club, Norwich, usually 

 keeps a register of craft to let. An advertisement in the local 

 papers would always bring answers. Lately a number of the 

 ordinary sailing wherries have been converted into pleasure 

 craft, and most comfortable and roomy house-boats they make, 

 and for a luxurious fishing excursion nothing could be more 

 suitable. The hirer could fish early and take a sail for a few 

 hours in the middle of the day. He could moor at his fishing 

 ground, rise at five and fish until ten, have his second breakfast 

 (his first should be taken immediately on rising), sail until two, 

 lunch ; and loiter, read, or fish until dusk ; enjoy his dinner or 

 supper, whichever he may choose to call it, and go early to bed. 



The hire of a wherry varies frum six to eight guineas a week ; 



