144 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



But when the sky is serene, the air temperate, 

 and the water smooth, success will attend you. 



The proper hours for angling are from the 

 time that the tide is half-ebbed, to within two 

 hours of the high water, provided the land-floods 

 do not come down. 



Always pitch your boat under the wind : that 

 is, if the wind be in sout ! , then keep on the 

 Surrey shore : if north, on the London side. 



The best places for pitching a boat to angle in 

 the Thames, are about one hundred and fifty 

 yards from York Stairs ; the Savoy, Somerset- 

 house, Dorset Stairs, Black-Friars Stairs, the 

 Dung-Wharf near Water- Lane, Trig Stairs, and 

 Essex Stairs. On Surrey side Falcon Stairs, 

 Barge Houses, Cuper's, vulgo Cupid's Stairs, 

 the Windmill, and Lambeth. 



There are very good roach and dace to be 

 caught at Westminster Bridge, if the weather is 

 favourable in Autumn ; the fifth arch on the 

 north-side is best to pitch the boat. 



When you go to angle at Chelsea, on a caltn 

 fair day, the wind being in aright corner, pitch 

 your boat almost opposite the church, and angle 

 in the six or seven feet water, where, as well as 

 at Battersea Bridge, you will meet wiih plenty of 

 roach and dace. 



Mortlake Dcieps is the next place where roach 

 principally resort when the weeds are rotten ; 

 and here are good carp to be very often taken. 



From the side of the Aits opposite to Brent- 

 ford, Islcworth, and Twickenham, there is very 

 good angling for roach, dace, gudgeons, and 

 perch ; very often you will meet with trout and 

 carp. 



