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guinea and a half, and Sunday fishing is not allowed. The 

 water at 



CHESHUNT 



is rented by Captain Saunders, the subscription being two 

 guineas per annum. In this part of the Lea some very good 

 Trout, Pike and Barbel are taken. Above this water is 

 King's Weir, part of the 



BROXBOURNE FISHERY, 



where there is some first-rate fishing for Trout, Pike, and 

 Perch. One of the subscribers took with the spinning-bait a 

 fine Trout weighing eight pounds, May 20th, 1859, in the mill 

 stream ; Mr. H. J. Alfred took a very fine Barbel, weighing 

 seven pounds and a half, June 4th, 1859, with a worm ; and 

 I have this season taken three brace of Trout in the day, from 

 this part of the water. The whole of this portion of the Lea, 

 as far as Nazing Marsh, beyond Carthagena Weir, is rented by 

 Mr. J. Beningfield of the Crown Inn, Broxbourne Bridge, 

 who stocks the water every year with upwards of a hundred 

 brace of Jack, besides a great number of fine Trout. The 

 annual subscription is One Guinea including trolling, or Two 

 Guineas with Trout-fishing; (subscribers residing near the 

 fishery pay an extra subscription for Trout). Day tickets for 

 Jack-fishing, Two Shillings. 



The angler who visits this part of the Lea in the hollyhock 

 and dahlia season, should not leave without visiting the Crown, 

 Mr. Beningfield being as justly celebrated for his cultivation 

 and care of those splendid flowers, as for his polite attention 

 to visitors. 



In the upper part of the Broxbourne fishery, in what is 

 termed the Gull, there are some heavy Pike, but they are 

 not often taken. Beyond here is 



PAGE'S WATER, 



where the fishing is similar to that at Broxbourne- The inn 

 is The Fish and Eds, and the subscription is One Guinea per 

 annum. 



