February 4, 1893] 
THE FISHING GAZETTE 
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BRANDON CREEK. 
JUNOTION OF THE LITTLE WITH THE 
CAM OR GREAT OUSE. 
At this ■well-known and favourite spot the 
water is very deep in places, the tide is slow, 
and it can be fished either from the shore 
or a boat. Pike, roach, perch, and bream are 
A NEW PRAWN TACKLE. 
The author of that first-rate book on salmon 
and trout fishing, published last year, entitled 
“ By Hook and by Crook,” writes to us on Jan. 27 
as follows :— 
“ Dear Marston, —The tackle I showed you last 
night at the Fly-Fishers’Club—“The Sandeman 
THE LOWER THAMES AS A TROUT 
RIVER. 
Is the Thames capable of being made suitable 
for fly fishing for trout P In my humble opinion 
it is, as we all know that the water is suitable for 
trout, as every year there are taken some very 
r- 
numerous. There are also carp. Bream, perch, 
and roach, good. It is a grand stretch of water 
from Brandon Creek to Littleport, and Mr. 
George Heath, Ship Inn, Brand Creek, Southery, 
Norfolk, will give anglers every information. 
Oar contributor, “The O.O.D.,” into a good one! | 
Prawn Tackle, patent ”—is made by Hardy Bros., 
of Alnwick, in two sizes; they also supply suit- | 
able traces in treble and single gut, also leads. 
“ The colour is burnt on the hooks. Either of 
the flying triangles can be cut off without preju- i 
dice to the other. Double gut, best quality, down 
the tackle. I will send one when I get them. 
I “ Yours always, 
“ Fraser Sandeman. 
I We have since received this letter from Messrs. 
Hardy Bros.:— 
I “ Jan. 31,1893. 
“ Dear Sir, —We have pleasure to send you a 
Sandeman Prawn Tackle, together with blocks, 
and should be obliged for a notice. We have 
asked Mr. Sandeman to give you such informa¬ 
tion as you may require, and trust he will do so. 
“ It appears to us to hold the bait better, and 
in such a position as it works and searches the 
pool better; and the hooks are so arranged that 
a fish can hardly clear the hooks and get off scot- 
free. We are making in a size less for smaller 
streams. Thanking you in anticipation, 
“ Faithfully yours, 
“Hardy Bros. 
“ R. B. Marston, Esq , 
“ St. Dunstan’s House.” 
These letters and the illustration explain the 
new tackle so fully that we have little to add. 
Fifteen hooks on a bait is a little hard on the 
noble salmon ; but if the angler has any scruples 
on this score he can, as Mr. Sandeman points 
out, dispense with as many as he pleases. 
We have often seen attempts at colouring hooks 
red, but not often successful attempts ; it will be 
seen that Mr. Sandeman says in his tackle the 
colour is burnt on the hooks. 
Certainly it is very successfully done, and 
Messrs. Hardy Brothers’ name is sufficient guar¬ 
antee that the hooks do not suffer in the process. 
We have no doubt this tackle will become popu¬ 
lar. The bit of lead helps in steadying the bait 
and making it “ fish ” properly. 
I An American friend writes about some Canadian 
duck feathers he kindly sends, and excuses him¬ 
self for delay on account of pressure of work, 
Vv-hich he illustrates as follows: “ I need to be ' 
introduced to my wife occasionally, who then, ' 
with a far-away look, says, ‘ O, yes! why, I do 
remember you.’ Work, work! But glad to be 
able to do it. Work all day for daily bread, 
and half the night to get the oleomargarine to 
grease it.” 
handsome fish, but mostly by spinning or live- 
baiting, as few take the trouble to try the fly, 
perhaps the reason of which is that they say. 
“ Oh! the Thames trout will not take the fly.” 
Last year I tried the fly in the latter part of the 
year, and succeeded in taking four fish, but they 
