174 BOTTOM FISHING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE. 



THE WEIGHT OF FISH. 



SOME years ago I had given to me a stray leaf that had been 

 torn from some angling book, and which I have carefully 

 preserved among my piscatorial nicknacks. It contained a 

 scale for ascertaining with tolerable precision the weight of a 

 fish when it was in good condition, measuring its entire 

 length, but it adds this caution, " It must be borne in mind, 

 however, that the weights given are only approximate." 

 Now I have several times carefully weighed and measured a 

 fish when in good condition, especially in the case of the 

 barbel, the chub, and the roach, and I have found it pretty 

 accurate. I give the scale here, in the hope that it may be 

 useful to some of my brother anglers. 



