TIMES FOR ANGLING. 97 



May. This is a capital month for trout, and is 

 especially favourable for pond-fishing. Eels will bite 

 night and day, and most fresh-water fish will feed. 



June. Many fish, having recently spawned, are out 

 of condition, and will afford no sport. The trout in 

 the Wan die, Lea, Colne, and many other rivers, are 

 now in perfection, however ; and perch, dace, carp, 

 tench, and eels will take a bait. 



July. The fish having, as yet, scarcely recovered 

 from spawning, and getting plenty of food from weeds, 

 moreover, will not bite freely. The morning and evening 

 are the most favourable parts of the day. 



August. This may be deemed the commencement 

 of the season. Roach, dace, perch, barbel, chub, and 

 jack may be taken early in the morning and late in 

 the evening, or in the middle of the day, if cloudy and 

 cool. During this and the next month, perch, carp, 

 tench, roach, and bream may be fished for in ponds. 



September. Barbel, chub, roach, and dace now 

 leave the weeds, and get into deeper water; and river 

 fish generally will feed well. You may angle from 

 morning till night, if the water is not too bright. 



October. The same as September, only that the 

 fish are leaving the weeds for holes and deeper water. 



November. Jack are in excellent order, but barbel 

 and dace 1 are shy, and refuse bait. 



December. There is but little sport during this 

 month, the waters being generally either flooded, 

 frozen, or too thick. The fish, too, get into deep 

 holes, or under sheltering banks, for their snug winter 

 quarters. 



