90 THE LEA. 



THE RYE HOUSE 



Fishery extends from Black Pool to and including Field's 

 Weir on both sides of the river Lea, and from Field's Weir to 

 a point opposite Nazing Mead on the west side ; also from 

 Roy don Road to Field's Weir, in the Old Stort River ; and 

 is, altogether, upwards of three miles in extent. Mr. W. H. 

 Teale, of the Rye House, is the proprietor. The subscription 

 per annum, is One Guinea, including Jack-fishing ; and One 

 Guinea extra for Trout (if the member resides beyond five 

 miles from the fishery ; if within five miles the subscription 

 is Two Guineas for Trout). The Jack season begins August 

 1st, and ends the first Sunday in March, and the fish are 

 remarkably fine. I was Pike-fishing in this water a year or 

 two since, with one of the subscribers, and at the close of the 

 day our take showed one of nearly fourteen pounds, one of 

 seven, and several smaller ones, from two to five pounds each. 

 Beyond the Rye House is the 



AMWELL MAGNA 



Fishery, one of the best subscription waters on the Lea. The 

 club is very limited in number, the subscription at present 

 being eight guineas per annum, which will be increased : the 

 future entrance fee, which is rather heavy, is regulated from 

 time to time by the committee. The water is under the able 

 management of Henry Wix, Esq., the Solicitor to the Fishery 

 being Charles Rivington, Esq. 



Permission to fish is very rarely obtained by non-members, 

 as the subscribers' tickets for friends are very limited in 

 number. Although it can hardly be called a close borough, 

 still it is the closest water on the Lea. The members of the 

 Amwell Club have the exclusive right of fishing from Black 

 Pool above the Rye House to Hertford ; also in the New 

 River near Amwell, where a short time since one of the 

 members took a very fine Trout, weighing six pounds, with 

 the spinning-bait. 



A short distance above Hertford the Lea is joined by the 

 river Maran, a little stream which has its source a few miles 

 from King's Walden, and passes through Panshanger Park 

 before its union with the Lea \ which before receiving this 



