A HAUNT OF BREAM AND ROACH. 



BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISH AND 



THEIR HAUNTS 



By WALTER M. GALLICHAN 



"With Photc^raphs by Mrs. C. G. GALLICHAN 



BREAM, ROACH AND RUDD 



OX a hot day in summer, when the 

 sight can penetrate six to eight feet 

 of water in a clear ri\'er, one may 

 see the Bream at home. This opportunity 

 is, however, somewhat rare, for Bream feed 

 upon or very near the bottom, and they 

 prefer still deeps and holes of streams. 

 In the Norfolk Broads, where Bream 

 abound, it is not easy to catch a glimpse 

 of the broad-sided, silvery fish, because 

 most of the Broads are shallow, and in 

 some of them, such as Hickling, Barton, 

 and Heigham Sounds, the water is bright, 

 and Bream are easily alarmed by the 

 approach of a boat. Wroxham, one of 



the best of the Broads for the Bream 

 angler, is not so clear as most of the 

 Norfolk meres, but the water where the 

 Bream lie is too deep for one to watch 

 them. 



The river that has afforded me the most 

 favourable chance for observing Bream 

 is the Gipping, between Ipswich and Stow- 

 market. In a mill-pool of this stream 

 I have seen, in June, a shoal of sixty or 

 seventy big Bream feeding near the 

 bottom, and sometimes standing on then" 

 heads, while they " rooted " edible mor- 

 sels from the mud. The Thames holds 

 many good Bream, especially in the lower 



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