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with the spinning-bait ; and there is a small stream called 

 the Abbey Mill River, which joins the Thames at Chertsey, 

 in which some good Perch fishing is to be had. The Inns 

 here are, The Cricketers, &c., and the fishermen Upjohn 

 and Galloway. The " Stank," near Chertsey Bridge, is 

 a noted corner for Jack, where occasionally great execution 

 is done with the live bait. 



WEYBRIDGE. 



There is first-rate Jack-fishing above the weir, in a corner 

 at the lower end of the ait ; and at the Guard Piles is a 

 noted swim for Barbel and Roach. The preserve extends 

 800 yards below the weir, and this is one of the finest pieces 

 of fishing-water below Staines. In the deep off Ham Haw 

 Point, where the water averages 20 feet, and even more, in 

 depth, there are some heavy Trout, Pike, Carp and Eels. 

 Ham Deep may also be fished with the live bait for large 

 Pike during the winter months with the greatest success. 

 At the mouth of a small stream known as the Bourne, which 

 here enters the Thames, I have taken some fine perch with 

 the paternoster, and using live minnows for bait. Some 

 little distance below is Halliday's Hole, where great quan- 

 tities of Bream and Barbel have been taken, and occasionally 

 large Trout. The river Wey joins the Thames at Weybridge. 

 The Inns are the Lincoln Arms, Crown, Ship, &c., and the 

 fishermen, Richard and John Harris, Edward, John and 

 Charles Keene. 



At Chalk Hole, between Weybridge and 



8HEPPERTON, 



there is first-rate Jack-fishing, besides a good pitch for Barbel, 

 Bream and Roach. One afternoon in September, 1862, over 

 ninety pounds weight of Bream were taken by two rods. 

 The preserves at Shepperton are the Upper Deep, 200 yards. 

 The Old Deep, 240 yards east of the Creek Rails ; and the 

 Lower Deep, 200 yards east of the Drain. The New Hotel, 

 in Oatland's Park, is seen from this point to great advan- 

 tage. The Inn at Shepperton is the Anchor, and the fisher- 

 men the Purdues and W. Rogerson. In April and May 



