50 COARSE FISH. 



mid-day has been like summer for its heat. 

 As previously mentioned, September is the best 

 month for bream. 



Good sport may be had in ponds or lakes, par- 

 Pond- ticularly in the Norfolk Broads, but a pond- 

 fishing bream does not give such play and is not 

 such a clean, shapely fish as a river-bream. When 

 pond-fishing, if the weather be still, I like very fine 

 light tackle indeed, that is, if it is not important to 

 get far out. With a tiny porcupine quill, a single 

 shot on the gut, light rod and fine line, I get on 

 very well if the water can be fished close to the 

 bank, punt or boat. There is more sediment in 

 most ponds than in rivers, and I find this style of 

 tackle suits a very muddy pond in which I fre- 

 quently fish. A leger-bullet would be deeply 

 buried in the mud, and in descending, would 

 partially drag the bait with it. W T hen legering in 

 ponds, do not pull the bullet along the bottom ; it 

 only buries the bait ; rather let the line rest where 

 it falls, tightening up very gently. In windy 

 weather, or for getting out far, heavier floats 

 cannot be dispensed with ; but, instead of a corking 

 lead or bullet, I put shot on the line, fixing them 

 far apart so that only one or two touch the 

 bottom. In a very shallow water, which I sometimes 

 fish, I use a leaded float, wrapping a piece of lead, 

 cut from a roll plummet, round the lower end of 

 the float. This gives weight for the throw, but the 

 bait is not carried down into the mud, and as a 

 long throw has to be made (in this particular 

 water) to get into even two feet of water, the 

 weight is necessary somewhere. In this pond, 

 which is private, the bream run small, they feed 

 ravenously, if at all, and do not mind the weight of 



