igS ANGLING 



order from that which we have just been noticing over 

 the wild and unfrequented mountain districts in the 

 north-western section of England. There are two large 

 rivers in the heart of this country, the Trent and the 

 Severn, on the banks of which there are constantly 

 anglers to be met with ; fishing both for the trout, as 

 well as for the vast number of bottom-fish which are 

 to be found in their streams. 



The Trent takes its rise from the north-west part of 

 the county of Staffordshire, about ten miles north of 

 Newcastle-under-Lyne. At first it takes a circular turn 

 towards the south-east, bending to the south as far as 

 within ten miles "of Tamworth, where it receives the 

 Tame, flowing through that town. Afterwards the 

 Trent runs north-east, towards Burton-upon-Trent, a little 

 beyond which it is enlarged by the waters of the Dove, 

 which flow from a north-west direction. After this the 

 Trent receives the Derwent, which descends from the 

 mountainous parts of Derbyshire; and the whole of 

 these waters collectively flow towards the north, by 

 Nottingham and Newark, to the Humber. The Trent 

 has an entire course of two hundred and fifty miles. 

 It is navigable for one hundred and seventy miles from 

 the Humber, and by means of canals has a communication 

 with many of the most important rivers of the kingdom. 



In many sections of this long river there is good 

 angling; we do not mean first-rate fly-fishing; but 

 trout are taken in it with the fly, and a still greater 

 number by trolling. This species of fish likewise attain 

 a good size in the Trent, and are of rich flavour. There 

 is a fair proportion of pike, perch, roach, dace, bream, 

 eels, etc.; and we would say that a great mass of the 

 angling on its extended waters is purely of a bottom- 

 fishing kind, in which there is considerable skill dis- 

 played by numerous zealous anglers who reside in towns 

 lying near its route throughout the heart of England. 

 The Trent is certainly not a river we should think of 

 recommending to a first-rate angler; but still there is a 

 good deal of angling on its waters, though of a mixed 

 and subordinate cast, 



