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towards the tail. Any bag or basket that has 

 carried bream should be soaked and washed 

 directly the fish are turned out of it, as the slime is 

 most difficult to get rid of. Thorough soaking and 

 scrubbing are required to get the slime out of the 

 interstices of a basket, and it is even worse with 

 canvas or cloth. A rubber-lined bag gives far less 

 trouble ; these bags can be bought with the receptacle 

 for fish to take right off for cleansing ; the fish 

 being, moreover, kept separate from the tackle. 

 I have spoken of the bream-fishing in the Wey ; a 

 The ticket, which is available for some miles of 

 We y fishing, may be obtained from Mr. Synge, 

 Eastlands, Weybridge. This costs 33. 6d. per 

 annum, or is. monthly. It includes both pond- 

 and river-fishing ; and though the water is much 

 fished, the bream run large. The lovely scenery 

 amply makes up for any disappointment if sport is 

 poor, for even in Devonshire one might not find 

 a prettier walk than that from Weybridge Station 

 to the Seven Arches. This is one reason why I 

 am so partial to the Wey fishing ; bream being 

 slow biters, there is time to look around now and 

 then, and to enjoy watching animal and bird life, 

 over and above to the mere enjoyment of fishing. 



It is some years since I fished Ormesby Broad, 

 Ormesby a few miles from Great Yarmouth (Beach 

 Broad Station). I used to get a boat at a little 

 inn called the " Eel's Foot," a peculiar and un- 

 common name indeed. Wagonettes meet the 

 trains at Ormesby, and there is a pleasant drive to 

 the " Eel's P^oot " or the " Sportsman's Arms." I 

 think I was charged 35. a day for a boat, while a 

 very good cold lunch was sent out if required. I 

 do not advise fishing the Broads till mid-September 



