CHAPTER VIII. 



EELS, CARP, TENCH, BREAM, ETC. FOUR WAYS TO CATCH 

 EELS THE WAY TO TAKE CARP TENCH, THEIR HABITS, 

 ETC. 



WE class these in one chapter, because we 

 wish to compress our work as much as 

 possible, and because they are not so im- 

 portant as those spoken of before. There 

 are several ways of catching eels; we will 

 just notice one or two. That which is most 

 followed by anglers is, with two rods and 

 lines of any kind, and upon each line two 

 or three hooks, half-a-yard apart, baited with 

 worms, and having a ledger lead to sink 

 them. Throw them into the middle of the 

 stream, twenty or thirty yards distant from 

 each other, and if the eels are on the run, 

 you will soon see a bite by the way in which 

 your rod is pulled ; and while you are taking 

 off the eel and baiting, you will very likely 

 have another bite at the other rod and line, 

 to which you will have to attend when you 

 have thrown that in hand into the water; 



