32 THE ANGLER. 



tually plant a stick in the water, and use it as a 

 rest for your rod. 



The same hint will serve for tench angling. 



Roach and dace, although often classed to- 

 gether, are very different in their habits. For 

 roach-fishing a lighter tackle is required than 

 for dace-fishing, and the hook also should be 

 rather less in size. At the latter end of the 

 summer a good deal of sport may be had in 

 fly-fishing (the common house-fly) botii for 

 roach and dace. 



Gudgeons may be captured with a light rod 

 and a nice red worm for a bait. 



EELS. 



Various methods are adopted in capturing 

 the common eel. This is sometimes done by 

 laying baited lines along the banks, or throw- 

 ing a string across the stream with baited 

 hooks attached to it. Eels may often be taken 

 by merely threading the intestines of some 

 other fish on worsted. But the more regular 

 method is that of trapping the fish as it makes 

 its autumnal run to the sea. At that season the 

 stream down which the fish are returning are 

 crossed by weirs* to which are attached baskets 

 or nets ; into these the eels readily enter, but 

 are prevented from effecting their retreat. Large 

 numbers of eels are annually captured. 



Angling for eels is usually attended with 

 great trouble and the risk of injury to tackle, 

 and affords no large share of amusement ; but 

 while engaged in angling for other fsh- it is 



