CHAPTER V. 



GUDGEON FISHING GENERAL INSTRUCTION SONG, THE 

 GUDGEON. 



FISHING for gudgeon expressly is only prac- 

 tised in the first of the season, say from the 

 beginning of May till a week or two in June ; 

 and as this is decidedly the worst of the time 

 during the summer for other kinds of angling, 

 many pass a pleasant hour in fishing for 

 gudgeon. 



Your tackle should be of a very light and 

 fine character; that used for roach will be 

 the best, and your hook should be No. 12; 

 and your bait, a blood-worm ; or, if you cannot 

 get that, a very small red worm. Bright days 

 and clear water are most favourable; and as 

 they are less shy than any of the scaly com- 

 munity, you need not be so very particular in 

 your place and movements. The places to 

 fish for them are open gravelly shallows, where 



