THE PERCH AND PERCH FISHING 

 used for splicing their bows, and is said to be so strong that articles 

 joined with it will never separate. Somebody had better set up a glue 

 factory on Windermere to use up the perch skins to make glue for split - 

 cane rods, etc. 



In "The Fishing Gazette" of March 2, 1912, I gave particulars from 

 the investigations of Dr J. Arnold, of St Petersburg, to ascertain the age 

 of various freshwater fish from the rings on their gill -covers and in sec- 

 tions of their backbones. He found that a perch fourteen and three-quarter 

 inches in length, one pound three ounces in weight, was eleven years old; 

 one of nearly sixteen inches in length, and two and three -eighth pounds in 

 weight, was fourteen years old. Temperature and food play the chief parts 

 in the rate at which perch and other fish grow. They can exist for years 

 without increasing in weight or size. 



In shallow lakes perch can often be taken on a sunny day by fly-fishing 

 for them; a " Pink Wickham " is a good fly, also a " Red Palmer " and a 

 *' Black Palmer " with a red tag. 



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