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we think it equally pleasant as "whipping" for chub, 

 and decidedly preferable to gazing for hours on a 

 float in fishing for carp or tench, without ever see- 

 ing it fairly pulled under water. G-udgeon delight 

 in gentle streams, with a gravelly or sandy bottom, 

 which, in fishing for them, ought to be frequently 

 stirred up with a pole or rake. They take a small 

 red worm at bottom, and may be angled for from 

 March to October. They are mostly caught from 

 five to six inches long. 



BLEAK. 



This playful and handsome little fish, which is 

 most numerous in the Lea, is not so frequently 

 angled for as the gudgeon, though it will rise at a 

 small artificial fly, and take freely a gentle from 

 one to two feet below the surface, or a small red 

 worm at mid-water. A bleak is sometimes used as 

 a spinning-bait for pike, or large trout, and also in 

 trolling, though for the latter purpose a gudgeon is 

 preferable. 



MINNOW. 



The minnow, which is the smallest species of the 

 genus Cyprinus known in Britain, is used by the 

 angler as bait, and caught by the boya for amuse- 

 ment. Should an elderly gentleman want minnows 

 for bait, and not be able to get them with a small 

 net, let him send out his grandson the youngster 

 last breeched give him a rod six feet long, the same 



