THE TENCH. 259 



your favour, with abundance of fish within your reach, and 

 with abundance of fishing knowledge and skill in yourself, 

 you will not catch many big carp without a huge stock of 

 most consummate patience — and not often even then. 

 Ca/i'pe diem has been translated, " Take a day's carp-fish- 

 ing " — yes, by all means ; but, remember, " carp-fishing " 

 and " carp-catching " are two very different things. 



Happy angler if you ever get a real good day with big 

 carp ! For a big carp is a grand sporting fish and of 

 immense power, and being, as Walton says, " a leather- 

 mouth fish which doth seldom break his hold/' you have 

 a good chance of landing him if your tackle be sound. 

 He fights bravely to the death. 



