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 SHOWING HOW TO 
 
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 Take the Best Kinds of Fish : 
 
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 GUIDE TO BOTTOM FISHING, 
 
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 A CORRECT LIST OF 
 
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 THE PROPER TACKLE AND BAITS REWIRED, 
 
 THE LAWS OF ANGLING, 
 
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 THE 
 
 COMPLETE ANGLER; 
 
 SHOWING HOW TO 
 
 TAKE THE BEST KINDS OF FISH 
 
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 AND A CORRECT LIST OF 
 
 RIVEES, CANALS, AND PONDS, 
 
 (in the VICINITT of LONDON,) 
 
 WHERE FISH ARE TO BE FOUND ; 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 THE PROPER TACKLE AND BAITS REQUIRED, 
 
 THE LAWS OF ANGLING, 
 
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 COlsTTinisrTS. 
 
 IntroductioQ 3 
 
 Rivers, Ponds, and Canals, in the vicinity of London 5 
 
 Tackle for Angling 6 
 
 Rods ^. 6 
 
 Lines 7 
 
 Floats 7 
 
 Winches 8 
 
 Hooks 8 
 
 Baits 8 
 
 Ground Bait 10 
 
 Paste Baits 10 
 
 Artificial Flies 11 
 
 Hints to Anglers 12 
 
 Different Kinds of Fish 13 
 
 Salmon Trout 13 
 
 The Smelt 13 
 
 The Stickleback 14 
 
 The Bull Head 14 
 
 The Minnow 14 
 
 The Loach 14 
 
 The Bleak 14 
 
 The Grayling 15 
 
 Eels 15 
 
 The Roach 16 
 
 The Carp 17 
 
 The Perch 17 
 
 The Flounder 18 
 
 TheRudd 18 
 
 The Chub 18 
 
 The Tench 18 
 
 The Pike 19 
 
 The Dace 20 
 
 The Gudseon 20 
 
 The Barbel 21 
 
 The Pope, or Ruffe 21 
 
 The Bream 22 
 
 Salt Water Angling 22 
 
 Thames Angling 23 
 
 Monthly Guide for Bottom Fishing 25 
 
 Rules of the Thames Preservation Society 26 
 
 Laws Relating to Angling 27
 
 ELLIOT'S 
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 Sir Henry Wotton, a late Provost of Eton College, a man of 
 learning, wit, and experience, was a lover of Angling, and a 
 frequent practitioner of the art ; speaking of which, he says : — 
 
 " It was an employment for his idle time, which was then 
 not idly spent, for angling was, after tedious study, a rest to his 
 mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of 
 unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of content- 
 edness, and that it begat habits of peace and patience in those 
 that professed and practised it." 
 
 The studious man, of whatever profession, although perfectly 
 conscious of the necessity of air and exercise to the preservation 
 of health, has seldom sufficient resolution to tear himself from 
 his accustomed pursuits, without some powerful stimulus to 
 action, and, therefore, any pleasurable recreation that may 
 induce exercise, and lead the sedentary to the enjoyment of a 
 pure air, breathing over woods, meadows, and waters, cannot 
 fail to be beneficial. I am not acquainted with any amusement 
 in which this advantage can be enjoyed without considerable 
 alloy, except the diversion of angling. 
 
 The angler rises with the sun, and, therefore, has frequent 
 opportunities of beholding the various beautiful phenomena 
 which attend the advent of that glorious orb ; he hastens with 
 buoyant spirits to his favourite stream , wending his way through 
 flowery meadows, or to some lone mountain glen, where the 
 congregated waters of the hills find a devious passage through 
 
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 rocks and woods, to the calm bosom of the expansive lake. 
 AH ilie varieties of light and shade, of form and colour, are 
 presented to his view, amidst a succession of sublime, pastoral, 
 or romantic scenery ; and the botanist, mineralogist, and ento- 
 mologist, may find ample room for observation on the borders 
 of a mountain stream. 
 
 Walton has very justly styled angling " the contemplative 
 man's recreation ;" for the practice of it is, indeed eminently 
 calculated to still the stormy passions of the breast, and lead 
 to the calm and tranquil pleasures arising from frequent medi- 
 tation on the beauties of nature. This delightful old author 
 has so skilfully defended his favourite art against the sneers of 
 ignorance and prejudice ; that I shall merely observe, that I 
 believe the art of angling to be an innocent, entertaining, and a 
 healthful pursuit, and calculated to be equally useful and 
 amusing to men of studious habits and sedentary occupations. 
 
 Sacred and profane history alike prove the antiquity of 
 angling ; the Boak of Job and the prophet Amos speak of fish- 
 hooks as well-known implements in the hands of ancient 
 anglers; and Plutarch gives us a scene between the Queen of 
 Egypt and her infatuated lover, which proves that Mark Antony, 
 whatever might have been his personal accomplishments, was a 
 very indifferent brother of the angle. Nor was this employ- 
 ment then held to be cruel (and thence unjustifiable), for He 
 who " went about doing good " chose the greater number of 
 his apostles from amongst fishermen ; and, on one occasion, 
 said expressly to a disciple, " Go thou to the sea and cast an 
 hook, and take the first fish that cometh," which may surely be 
 considered a sufficient answer to those whose extreme and some- 
 what morbid sensibility may have been awakened by the poetic 
 vituperations of Lord Byron, or the exaggerated descriptions of 
 the clever Horace Smith.
 
 ELLIOTS COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 RIVERS, PONDS, AND CANALS, IN THE 
 VICINITY OF LONDON. 
 
 The Thames contains all kinds of fish ; being under the juvis- 
 diction of the Lord Mayor as far as Staines, up to that place no 
 one is allowed to fish (under a penalty of twenty pounds), 
 during the months of March, April, and May, as most iresh- 
 water fish cast their spawn during those months. 
 
 From Staines to Battersea, various parts of the river are 
 staked out, and bailiffs appointed to see that the fish are not 
 taken by improper means. The angler may, therefore, be certain 
 of meeting with plenty of sport in those places. 
 
 In the New River, which is free for any person to try his 
 fortune in, from its source near Ware in Hertfordshire, to Isling- 
 ton, very many fine fish may be found. 
 
 The Lea river, which runs into the Thames at Poplar, abounds 
 with fish. Some parts of the river are preserved, and for per- 
 mission to angle there, you must pay a certain sum annually. 
 
 The Eoding, which runs into the Thames at Barking, pro- 
 duces an abundance of eels, cliub, perch, &c. There are many 
 deep holes and favorable spots for angling in this river at 
 Abridge, Woodford, Loughton, Ilford, Waubtead, and Barking. 
 
 In the Mole, which empties itself into tlie Thames at East 
 Moulsey in Surrey, many good fish may be found. The angler 
 will find the best sport near Esher, Leatherhead, Cobham, 
 Dorking, or Ryegate. 
 
 In the Wandle, at Mitcham^ Merton. Carshalton, and Wands- 
 worth, fine trout, &c. may be taken. 
 
 On Chiselhurst common, in Kent, about twelve miles from 
 London, are some ponds stored with cai-p and tench, &c. &c. 
 The large pond near the King's Head Inn, is the best. 
 
 A mile to the east of Shooter's hill, in Kent, there are some 
 ponds on a common near the road side, containing carp, tench, 
 &c. T ese ponds are free to all anglers. 
 
 The Camberwell Canal contains pike, roach, carp, perch and eels
 
 ELLIOTS COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 At Stanmore, in Middlesex, ten miles from London, there are 
 two or three ponds on the common, in which perch, tench, &c. 
 may be fonnd. Between these ponds and Stanmore Priory, 
 about a mile distant, is a very fine piece of water called the Long 
 Pond, which contains pike, &c. 
 
 The Paddington Canal has chub, eels, gudgeons, perch, roach, 
 and pike. 
 
 The river Wey, in Surrey, which joins the Thames near Oat- 
 lands park, contains barbel, ruffe, dace, gudgeons, carp, pike, 
 and roach. 
 
 Dagenham Breach, in Essex, is preserved for angling. The 
 subscription is two pounds per annum. It is well stored with 
 carp, pike, bream, eels, &c. 
 
 The Lake in the gardens of Hornsey-wood house, contains 
 perch, tench, roach, &c., and in which persons taking refresh- 
 ment at the tavern are allowed to fish. 
 
 The Ravensbourne, in Kent, contains good roach, chub, 
 gudgeons, perch, trout, and dace. 
 
 In the Colne, near Uxbridge and Denham, fine trout abound; 
 but as the river is rented, you must obtain leave to fish, and 
 pay so much per pound for what you catch. 
 
 On Hampstead heath and Clapham common, are some free 
 ponds, containing perch, carp, and a few other fish. 
 
 The Surrey Canal Docks at Eotherhithe, contain plenty of 
 good jack, roach, bream, perch, and eels. It is a subscription, 
 water, and the terms are a guinea annually, or a shilling for 
 each day's sport. 
 
 In the Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe, bream, eels, &c. 
 abound. You must procure an admission ticket from a director, 
 before you can fish in this water. 
 
 TACKLE FOR ANGLING. 
 
 E D S . 
 
 The rod being the staff upon which the angler's sport depends, 
 we shall proceed to give some particulars respecting the choice 
 aud manufacture of that essential article.
 
 ELLIOT S COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 The rod should, when put together, taper gradually from the 
 butt end to the top, and be perfectly straight and even. 
 
 For general purposes, a rod of about twelve feet in length is 
 the most convenient ; but in wide rivers, fifteen and eigliteen 
 feet rods are sometimes required. A bamboo rod with several 
 tops of different degrees of strength, is exceedingly well adapted 
 for general purposes, and a cane rod surpasses every other for 
 fine fishing. 
 
 If the young angler wishes to turn rod manufacturer, he may 
 use ash for the butts, and lancewood for the tops, and so make 
 extremely good two piece rods ; or crab tree for the stocks, 
 with hazel or yew switches for the tops. 
 
 A whalebone top is an extremely good, although not an indis- 
 pensable article ; it shoidd have a strong loop of horse-hair 
 whipt on it. 
 
 It is a good plan to have a rod for each kind of fishing, as by 
 such an arrangement they can be kept in complete order, and 
 ready for immediate service. The rods shoiild be ringed to 
 guide the line from the reel. 
 
 LINES. 
 
 The best and most serviceable lines are those made of horse" 
 hair, for such as are composed of hair and silk, from retaining 
 the water, soon become rotten. Good lines should be perfectly 
 twisted, round, and even, without any little irregularities, and in 
 point of colour those which are of a light grey, brown, or 
 white, are perhaps the most useful; some anglers, however, 
 prefer a light serrel tint. 
 
 The bottom, or casting line for fly fishing, which is affixed to 
 the line on tlie reel, must be of gut at the top, and very fine at 
 the dropper or bottom, and before any flies are made upon it, it 
 should be picked and tried to see that it is of an uniform thick- 
 ness throughout. 
 
 It is never worth a lad's while to attempt manufacturing 
 fishing lines, as they may always be purchased more neatly 
 finished, and even at a much cheaper rate than he could pos- 
 sibly contrive to make them. 
 
 When fastening the line on the rod, the loop of the line 
 should be passed through the ring at the end of the top joint, 
 carried over the ferrule, and then drawn up to the top again, by 
 which plan the loop will be secured.
 
 ELLIOT S COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 FLOATS; 
 
 Floats can always be procured ready-made of all sizes and 
 eveiy variety of shape. 
 
 For small fish and slow streams, porcupine, swan, goose, or 
 Muscovy duck quill floats, will be found the best ; and in strong 
 and rapid rivers, or for the larger kinds of fish, cork floats must 
 be used. If the young angler prefers exercising his own ability 
 in making cork floats, to purchasing them ready made, he must 
 procure a piece of extremly fine-grained sound cork, and bore a 
 hole through it with a small red-hot iron, then put in a quill 
 which will exactly fit the aperture, and afterwards cut the cork 
 into the shape of a pear. 
 
 When this is finished, he must grind it smooth with pumice- 
 stone, and paint and varnish it. As it is essentially requisite 
 that the float should swim perpendicularly in the water, that it 
 may betray the slightest nibble, it must be carefully poised by 
 fastenins a few shot on the line. 
 
 WINCHES. 
 
 A winch is one of the most useful additions to your angling 
 apparatus which you can procure. With its assistance you may 
 reach parts of a river you could not otherwise attempt. 
 
 HOOKS. 
 
 Of hooks there are four kinds, the Limerick, the Kendal, the 
 Kirby, and the Sneckbend ; which fashion or shape is the best, 
 is a question very difficult to settle, as almost every angler has 
 a predilection in favour of one sort, to the prejudice of all the 
 others. 
 
 BAITS. 
 
 The ash-grub is found in the rotten bark of a tree wlxich has 
 been felled some time ; it is an excellent bait for grayling, chub, 
 dace, or roach, and may be used all the year round. It should 
 be kept in wheat bran. 
 
 The brandling, or gilt-tail, is found in old dung-hills, tanner's 
 bark, rotten earth, and cows' dung. It is an admirable bait for
 
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 percli, tencb, bream, gudgeon, and indeed for almost any kind 
 offish. 
 
 The cabbage worm is a good bait for chub, dace, roach,or trout. 
 The caterpillar also is employed for the same fish as the cab- 
 bage worm. 
 
 The locality of the crab-tree worm is indicated by its name. 
 It is a good bait for roach, dace, trout, and chub. 
 
 Flag or dock worms inhabit the fibres of flag roots in old 
 pits or ponds. They are excellent baits for tench, bream, bleak, 
 grayling, carp, perch, dace, and roach. 
 
 Gentles, or maggots, are bred by hanging up a piece of meat 
 until it putrifies ; they should be kept on flesh, and when they 
 have arrived at their full size, a little bran and damp saud may 
 be put in the vessel in which they are immured, for the purjiose 
 of scouring them ; they will be fit for use in a day or two, and 
 are tempting bait for all kinds of fish. When putting a gentle 
 on the hook, you must insert the hook at one end of it, and 
 bring it out at the other, and then draw the gentle back until it 
 completely covers the point of the hook. 
 
 The meadow or marsh worm is found in marshy places or on 
 the banks of the rivers 
 
 Oak worms may be gathered on the leaves of the oak tree. 
 
 The tag- tail may be procured in meadows or chalky lands, 
 after rain, or in the morning, during the months of March or 
 April ; it is accounted a good bait for trout in cloudy weather, 
 or when the water is muddy. 
 
 White grubs, or white bait, are much larger than gentles, 
 and may be found in sandy and meadow lands. 
 
 In order to scour and preserve worms, you must procure 
 some very fresh moss, wash away all particles of earth from it, 
 and squeeze it, but not too dry ; then put it into a jar and press 
 it closely down, and place worms upon it. 
 
 Wasp grubs may be taken from the nest ; they require to be 
 hardened in a warm oven, and will prove a good bait for such 
 fish as take gentles. 
 
 House crickets are good to dib with for chub. 
 
 Beetles are good also for chub ; they may be found in cowdung. 
 
 Miller's thumbs, bleaks, minnows, dace, gudgeons, loaches, 
 sticklebals, smelts, and roach, are used as baits for some of the 
 larger fish. 
 
 Grasshopper's are good baits during June, July, and August, 
 for roach, grayling, chub, and trout ; their legs and wings must 
 be taken off before they are put on the hook.
 
 10 
 
 ELLIOT S COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 Palmer worms, or cankers, are found on herbs, plants and trees. 
 
 Salmon spawn is an excellent bait for trout and chub ; you 
 may purchase it at the shops ready for use ; but if you wish to 
 prepare it yourself, you must attend to the following instructions: 
 
 About September or October, purchase a pound of salmou 
 spawn, boil it for a quarter of an hour, wash away the blood, 
 and pick out all the pieces of skin ; next add to it two ounces 
 of salt and a quarter of an ounce of saltpetre, and bray them all 
 up together in a mortar ; put it in little jars, and pour over it 
 mutton suet melted ; cover the mouths of the jars with pieces 
 of bladder, and the spawn will be fit for use at any time, and 
 may be kept for two years. 
 
 GROUND BAIT. 
 
 Ground baiting is a most essential part of angling and ought 
 never to be omitted, as success in bottom or float fishing cannot 
 be expected, unless the proper means for drawing the fish toge- 
 ther are resorted to. 
 
 For barl)el, it is necessary to make the lumps of ground bait 
 large in proportion to the strength of the current in which you 
 fish. 
 
 For carp, teuch, eels, perch, and bream, fresh grains will be 
 found very serviceable. They must be perfectly fresh, for if 
 they have the slightest laiut of sourness, the fish will not touch 
 them. 
 
 PASTE BAITS. 
 
 When W'orking up paste baits, be particularly careful to have 
 clean ha.ids, and knead your pastes thoroughly, so that all the 
 materials may be well incorporated. 
 
 Sheeps' blood and satfron make a good paste for roach, 
 bleak, &c. 
 
 For barbel, an excellent paste may be made by dipping the 
 crumb of new white bread in the liquor in which chandlers' 
 greaves has been boiled, adding a little of the greaves, and 
 working it up till it is stiff. 
 
 Paste baits are not at all adapted for swift, running streams, 
 but for quiet brooks, ponds, or very still rivers.
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 11 
 
 ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 
 
 There are upwards of a hundred different kinds of flies suit- 
 able to this species of angling, a full description of the method 
 of making each, would far exceed our limits ; we shall, therefore, 
 describe some of the most usual only. The cow-dung fly may 
 be used from the 1st of April, and will kill till September. Its 
 wing should be made of a feather of the land-rail, its body of 
 yellow camlet mingled with a little fur from the brown bear, 
 and its legs of ginger blue dun, is an excellent fly during March 
 and April, and should be used in the middle of the daj\ 
 
 The dun fly's wings must be made of a starling's feather, 
 body of blue fur from a water rat, mixed with a little yellow- 
 cohmred mohair, and its tail, which is forked, of two fibres 
 from the feather which you use for the wings. 
 
 The black gnat makes its appearance about the latter end of 
 April, and will be found useful till the close of May. 
 
 A black ostrich's harl must be used in making the body of 
 this fly, and starling's feather for the wings ; it should be trim- 
 med fchort and thick. 
 
 This fly is reckoned a good killer when the water is rather 
 low. 
 
 The violet fly is also used in April ; it is made of light dun- 
 coloured bear's hair mixed with violet stuff, and winged with 
 the grey feather of a mallard. 
 
 The stone fly, which may be used with success during May, 
 especially in the mornings, is composed of dun bear's liair, 
 mixed with brown and yellow camlet, putting more yellow on 
 the belly and tail than on any other part, a grizzled hackle for 
 the legs, and a mottled feather from a hen pheasant, or blue 
 cock's hackle for the wings, which must lie flat. 
 
 The green drake, or May fly, is, perhaps, the best that can 
 be procured for trout fishing. Its wings should be made of the 
 light feather of the grey drake, dyed lemon colour, its body of 
 yellow-coloured mohair, neatly ribbed with green silk, head of 
 a peacock's harl, and its tail of three long hairs from a sable 
 muff. 
 
 The yellow sally is an approved fly from the early part of 
 May to the end of June. Its body must be made of yellow
 
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 unravelled worsted, mixed with some fur from a hair's ear, and 
 its wings of a hackle dyed yellow. 
 
 The grey drake appears about the same time as the green 
 drake, which, indeed in shape it very closely resembles. 
 
 The purple fly is made of purple wool mixed with light brown 
 bear's hair, and dubbed with purple silk, is useful during June 
 and July. 
 
 The red ant's wings must be made of a light feather from a 
 starling, its body of a peacock's harl, and its legs of a ginger 
 coloured hackle, and be careful to make its body thick at the end. 
 This fly first appears in June, and continues to August ; it is a 
 capital killer from eleven in the morning till six in the evening. 
 
 HINTS TO ANGLERS. 
 
 It is generally understood that when two or three persons 
 are angling in the same stream, there shall be a distance of 
 thirty yards between them. 
 
 If the learner wishes to become a complete angler, he must 
 u<e fine tackle, as the skill and care whicli such tackle requires 
 will soon make him a master of the art. 
 
 When the tackle breaks, the angler must not mourn over the 
 accident, but do his best to remedy it, by speedily repairing 
 the damage, and resuming his sport. 
 
 The angler must wear strong boots or shoes, and keep his 
 feet dry, unless he wishes to become an invalid. 
 
 If he values his health, he will abstain from drinking water 
 out of rivers or ponds when he is in a perspiration, or is parched 
 with thirst. 
 
 If the weather is very cold, or winds sets very strongly from 
 the east or north, the angler will meet with but little sport 
 
 Heavy showers of rain or hail, and thunder storms, are like- 
 wise extremely prejudicial to his amusement, and as in the 
 winter months, few opportunities are afforded for the exercise 
 of his talents out of doors, he should, while snugly screened 
 from the pinching blasts, attend to all the little repairs which 
 may be necessary to his various appurtenances. 
 
 His hooks, his lines, peruse with careful eye. 
 Increase his tackle, and his rods re-tie. — GtAY.
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 13 
 
 DIFFEEENT KINDS OF FISH. 
 
 THE SALMON TROUT. 
 
 This is, perhaps, the most beautiful of all fish, whether we 
 regard its elegant form or charming colours. Being a very 
 strong fish, it affords much sport to the angler, and compels 
 him to use a rod, running tackle, and a cork float. 
 
 Trout are in season from March to October or November, and 
 will take minnows, frogs, artificial and natural flies, snails, 
 worms, caddis, salmon spawn, and paste. 
 
 Minnows are without doubt the most killing baits, and by 
 them the largest fish are caught. 
 
 When fishing with a minnow, cast your bait lightly into the 
 water, and draw it against the current, and when you use wonns, 
 you may let them drag on the bottom. 
 
 Do not strike the instant you feel a bite, but rather wait till 
 two or three tugs have been made, and then try your skill. 
 
 The trout seldom bites during the day, unless it is dark, 
 cloudy weather, with a stiff breeze blowing ; the angler must 
 therefore be at his post very early or very late. 
 
 This fish's favorite haunts are deep dark holes and eddies, 
 mill tails, pools, the roots of trees, and below bridges and 
 v?eirs. 
 
 THE SMELT. 
 
 When fishing for smelts, a stiff and strong top to your rod is 
 necessary, a gut line, heavy float, and ten or twelve hooks, 
 placed about eight or nine inches asunder ; if the hooks are tied 
 on a fine bristle they will stand out better from the line. 
 
 The best bait is the small piece of an eel, or one of its own 
 genus, and the bottom hook should be allowed to touch the 
 ground. 
 
 Smelts are frequently fished for without having a float on the 
 line, by affixing a small piece of lead at the bottom, which you 
 suffer to drag on the ground, and alternately raise and depress 
 until you feel a bite ; by this method, which is called dip- 
 fishing, immense numbers may be taken very easily. The pieces 
 of lead may be obtained at any tackle shop.
 
 14 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 THE STICKLEBACK, 
 
 This fish is seldom found more than two inches in length. 
 
 It thrives in all kinds of ditches and ponds, and may be easily 
 taken by a little piece of worm ; it is sometimes used as a bait 
 for perch, and in that case it should have the prickly back fin 
 cut off. 
 
 THE BULL HEAD. 
 
 The bull-head is an ugly-looking little fish, which may be 
 found in almost every river or brook ; a small piece of worm is 
 a good bait for it, and in its turn, it makes an excellent bait for 
 pike or trout ; as a fish for the table, it is not worth the trouble 
 of taking. 
 
 THE MINNOW. 
 
 This extremely beautiful little fish is found in most gravelly 
 streams, and is in season from March till October. 
 
 Although in point of delicacy of flavour, it is equal to any 
 fish brought to table, its diminutive size seems to bar its appear- 
 ance on the festal board, as it is seldom cooked. 
 
 As baits for other fish, minnows are highly prized by the 
 angler, and the baits most tempting to them are a blood worm, 
 a piece of a red worm, a gentle, or a bit of paste bait ; the tackle 
 must be of the lightest description. They may be taken at any 
 time of the day, and it is necessary to strike as soon as a bite is 
 perceived. 
 
 THE LOA'ch. 
 
 This is a somewhat scarce and very small fish, seldom ex- 
 ceedinu' four inches in length. It haunts the bottoms of small 
 gravelly rivulets and brooks, and may be taken at any time 
 during summer with the tail end of a red worm. It makes an 
 admirable bait for large eels, and should be used on the uight 
 lines. 
 
 THE BLEAK. 
 
 The bleak is found in most rivers ; the best bait is a gentle, 
 and it may be allowed to sink about a foot and half under the 
 surface of the water. Use a No. 13 hook, a single horse-hair
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 15 
 
 line, and a very small quill float ; frequently throw in a few 
 gentles, or pieces of chewed bread as a ground bait, and strike 
 the instant you perceive a bite. The bleak spawns in May, 
 and is then out of season. 
 
 THE GRAYLING. 
 
 The grayling is an extremely beautiful fish, and inhabits most 
 of the clear, rapid rivers which have a sandy or gravelly bottom, 
 and its favourite haunts are the sides of the stream. 
 
 A light rod, cork float, fine hook, and running tackle, are 
 necessary, and when you observe a bite, strike the moment the 
 float descends. Handle your tackle skilfully and gently, as the 
 fish's mouth is exceedingly tender, and easily gives way with 
 the jerk of the hook. 
 
 The grayling will take caddis, marsh and dew worms, flies, 
 both natural and artificial, and white grubs. The principal 
 months in which to angle for it are, September, October, and 
 November, when it is in its best condition. 
 
 When fly- fishing for this tenant of the stream, it is necessary 
 to have a fine gut, and smaller fly, and be more ready with hand 
 and eye than when angling for trout. 
 
 EELS. 
 
 Eels love muddy and stilly water, and are in season the year 
 round. There are several methods of taking them, viz. : by 
 rod and lines, sniggling, bobbing, and trimmer fishing, and the 
 most alluring baits are wasp- grubs, maggots, and small red 
 worm?. 
 
 If you use a rod, the line must be either of strong gut or 
 twisted, and the hook No. 8 size. Let the bait touch the 
 bottom, and when you perceive a bite, allow the float to remain 
 for a moment under water before you strike. 
 
 When using the dead line, which should be of whipcord, a 
 bank runner must be employed ; five or six hooks should be put 
 on the line about nine inches asunder, and they should be baited 
 with small fish or lob-worms. 
 
 For sniggling, the line must be either of platted silk or whip- 
 cord, and instead of a hook a stout worsted needle should be 
 fastened by its middle to the line. A large marsh or small lob- 
 worm, tough and weU scoured, is the best bait for this species
 
 16 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 of fishing, and when you bait your needle, you must thrust its 
 point into the worm's head, and draw it through the body of 
 the worm, until the latter completely enshrouds it. 
 
 When you go out sniggling, you should carry the line on a 
 ■winder, in your hand, and search for the fish near flood gates, 
 warfings, bridges, piles, holes in the banks of rivers, ponds, and 
 canals, and also in ditches, and amongst osiers and willows. 
 
 You must put the bait into the lurking holes by means of a 
 stick with a forked head, and when you find that the bait is 
 taken, by the line being pulled further into the hole, give the 
 fish a few seconds to gorge, and then strike smartly, which will 
 instantly cause the hook to fall across in his stomach ; then, 
 hold the line fast and pull it towards you. 
 
 Bobbing for eels is thus practised : — 
 
 A large quantity of marsh-worms should be procured, and 
 as many as will make a bunch about the size of a turnip, strung 
 on worsted by passing a needle through them from head to tail, 
 and fastening them on your line, so that all the ends may hang 
 level ; affix in the middle of the bunch a leaden plummet of a 
 conical form, and then tie the whole to a stout rod or pole. 
 
 Having thus prepared yoiu* material, cast your bait softly into 
 the water, and move it gently up and down until you perceive 
 by the jerks on the line that the eels are attracted by the bait ; 
 then draw the line very steadily to the surface, and land it with 
 aU possible expedition. 
 
 During warm weather, the shallow parts of the stream are the 
 most likely haunts of these fish, and where most sport may be 
 obtained. 
 
 THE ROACH. 
 
 This fish is generally considered foolish, and one easily taken ; 
 but how this idea originated it is impossible to tell. The rod 
 should be long and very light, the line of extremely fine gut, 
 and the hook No. 9 or 10. 
 
 The angler must hold the rod so low, that the end of it is 
 not more than fourteen inches above the float, which should have 
 shot attached to it, in order that little more than the eighth of 
 an inch of it may ride abore the surface, as roach bite so deli- 
 cately, that without you pay the strictest attention to your float, 
 you will lose four bites out of six ; when using a single line, 
 you must have a landing net ready, otherwise you will run the 
 hazard of breaking your line.
 
 THE PERCH, 
 
 T HE PIKE. 
 
 THE BARB B L. 
 
 THE EEL. 
 
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 Elliot's complete angler. 17 
 
 A paste made of second day's white bread, slightly dipped in 
 water, with a little vermillion added to it, so as to make it a 
 salmon colour, is the best bait for these fish. 
 
 In rivers, they bite all the year round, but in ponds only 
 during the summer. 
 
 THE CARP. 
 
 This is a very cunning fish, indeed from its extreme craftiness, 
 it has sometimes been styled the water fox. It may be found 
 in lakes, ponds and rivers, and fi^equents the quietest and deepest 
 parts of the stream, especially holes near flood-gates, and beds 
 of weeds. 
 
 It spawns in May, June, and July, and is in season in March 
 and April. 
 
 The best time to angle for this fish is either very early or very 
 late, as it seldom bites in the middle of the day, unless a soft 
 shower of rain happens to fall. Use a long, light rod, with a 
 reel, and let the line be of the finest description ; the hook, if 
 worms be employed as bait, should be Nos. 5 or 6 ; if maggots, 
 Nos. 8 or 9 ; and if wasp-grubs. No. 7. 
 
 Keep a very watchful eye on the float, and stand as far from 
 the water's edge as you can ; strike the instant the float dis- 
 appears, and if you book a large fish, give him line cautiously. 
 
 THE BEECH. 
 
 The perch is a voracious and bold fish, and takes a bait freely. 
 Strong tackle is necessary in angling for it, gut or twisted hair 
 line, cork float, and No. 7 hook. Marsh, brandling, cabbage, 
 and well-scoured red worms, maggots, and wasp-grubs, are 
 excellent baits for this fish. 
 
 Ground-baits of stewed malt, grains, or lob-worms, cut to 
 pieces, shoidd be thrown into the water, before you commence 
 angling. 
 
 Perch lurk near bridges, mill-pools, and locks, in navigable 
 rivers and canals, and in other streams, near rushes, in dark 
 still holes and eddies, and in the gravelly parts of rivers. They 
 spawn in February and March, and may be taken from April to 
 October; the best season for them is during April, May, and 
 June.
 
 18 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 THE PLOUNDEE. 
 
 Flounders, although properly sea-fish, are frequently found in 
 rivers at some distance from the sea ; they may be taken from 
 March to August, but as their spawning time is in June, they 
 should uot then be eaten. 
 
 Small red worms, and brandlings, are the best baits, and they 
 should be put upon No. 6 hooks. Let the bait touch the bottom, 
 and keep it continually moving. 
 
 THE RUDD. 
 
 This fish is held in little esteem for the table ; it very much 
 resembles the roach in shape and colour, and thrives best in 
 ponds. It will take red worms, paste, and gentles ; and the 
 tackle requisite consists of a gut line, quill float, and No. 10 
 hook. Let the bait touch the bottom, and strike the moment 
 you see a bite. 
 
 THE CHUB. 
 
 The chub in summer delights iu scours, tumbling bays, and 
 deep and rapid parts of rivers ; and in the autumn and winter, 
 in the little holes under banks, where the stream is sheltered by 
 overhanging willows. 
 
 It is a bold biting fish, and may be caught all the year round ; 
 in summer it bites during the whole of the day, but best in the 
 morning and evening ; it may also be taken in the night time. 
 
 The baits adapted for chub are maggots, red worms, gentles, 
 bullock's brains, and pith from the back bone of a bullock. 
 
 Use running tackle, gut line, quill float, and No, 8 or 9 hook; 
 strike the instant you perceive a bite, and let the fish run, giving 
 it plenty of line, otherwise it will break loose, as it usually darts 
 furiously away to the opposite side, the moment it is struck. 
 
 THE TENCH. 
 
 The tench thrives best in ponds where the bottom is composed 
 of mud or clay, but a few may sometimes be taken in rivers. 
 They will take the same baits, and may be found in the same 
 haunts as the carp ; they bite freely in summer months, especially 
 on dark, warm, muggy days, and during fine mild showers. 
 They spawn in May, and the best time to angle for them is I 
 early in the morning, and late in the evening.
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 19 
 
 THE PIKE. 
 
 This is one of the best flavoured and highly esteemed fresh 
 water fish. It spawns in !March or April, and although gene- 
 rally reckoned good from Midsummer to Christmas, it is in its 
 prime during September and October only. 
 
 The baits used in fishing for it are, roach, dace, gudgeon, 
 minnows, chub, bleak, and young frogs ; and the proper size of 
 a bait is when it weighs from one to four ounces. 
 
 There are several methods of trolling for this fish, namely, 
 with the gorge hook, No. 1, which is loaded on the shank with 
 lead ; with the snap hook, either spring or plain, composed of 
 three hooks fastened together, Nos. 2, 3 ; with the bead hook, 
 formed of two single hooks, tied back to back, with a little drop 
 or bead of lead affixed to a link or two of chain, depending from 
 the lower part of it, No, 4 ; and with the live bait hooks, which 
 may be either single or double, Nos. 5 and 6. In baiting these 
 various hooks, the following directions must be very carefully 
 attended to : — 
 
 Hook the curved end of a baiting-needle, No. 7, to the loop 
 of the gimp on which the hook is fastened, pass the needle 
 through the mouth of the bait, and bring it out at the tail ; the 
 lead on the hook will thus be hidden in its belly, and the barbs 
 or shanks inside its mouth ; and in order to keep the bait steady 
 on hook, it is a good plan to tie its tail to the gimp with some 
 white thread. 
 
 The snap-hook is baited by thrusting the point of the upper 
 or small hook under the skin of the bait, on the side, and 
 bringing it up the back fin. 
 
 Another snap-hook is baited by passing the loop of the gimp 
 inside the gill of the bait, and bringing it out at the mouth ; the 
 lead thus lies in its throat, the first hook outside its gill, and 
 the others in its side, the barbs being just beneath the skin ; 
 the bait's mouth should next be sewn up, so as to keep the lead 
 and hooks in their proper places 
 
 On a bead-hook, a gudgeon or barbel is the best bait ; the 
 little drop or bead of lead should be put into its mouth, which 
 should afterwards be sewn up with white thread. 
 
 The live- bait must have a No. 3 or 4 hook passed either 
 through its lips or the flesh beneath the back fin. In the latter 
 plan care must be taken not to touch the back bone, or the bait 
 will soon die. 
 
 The rod for trolling must be very strong, about fourteen feet
 
 20 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 in length, and have a whalebone, or hickory top ; the line must 
 be at least thirty yards in length, made either of silk, or silk 
 and gut twisted together, and be kept on a winch. 
 
 When you begin trolling, first fasten the winch on to the rod, 
 then pass the line through the rings on the under side of the 
 rod, and attach the hook to the line by a small swivel ; next 
 grasp the rod in your right hand, just above the winch, and rest 
 the butt end of it against the side of your stomach, draw out, 
 with your left hand, a yard or two of the Line from the swivel, 
 hold it firmly, and then with a sharp jerk from your right hand, 
 cast the bait into the stream, and let the line which you hold in 
 your left hand run out freely, that the hook may not be checked 
 when cast out, by your holding the line too fast, and so fall 
 short of the spot you wished to reach. 
 
 The favourite haunts of pike are the deep eddies in tumbling- 
 bays, and deep stiU water in rivers ; near beds of candock weeds, 
 and mouths of ditches or small streams which empty themselves 
 into rivers, and near flood-gates. 
 
 THE DACE. 
 
 The dace is found in most rivers. It is a handsome fish, and 
 is generally accounted light and nourishing food. It gives 
 good amusement to the angler, as it bites freely. 
 
 The hook should be a size larger than for roach, but in all 
 other respects the tackle may be the same. Use a ground-bait 
 of bran and clay mixed, and throw it into water frequently while 
 angling. Dace will take red worms, maggots, wasp grubs, 
 greaves, and a paste made of cheese and honey ; they are 
 partial to red worms in the spring, and in the summer if you 
 use gentles, put two at a time on the hook ; a small piece of 
 greaves with a gentle is also a veiy good bait. 
 
 You may begin filling for them in March, and they continue 
 in season tiU October ; after that time they seldom bite unless 
 the weather is verv mild. 
 
 THE GUDGEON. 
 
 The gudgeon is a very bold biting fish, and gives much 
 amusement to the angler. It is in season from April to October, 
 and may be taken at any time of the day, particularly in dull 
 weather. The best bait is a blood worm, and the tackle should
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 21 
 
 be a fine gut or hair line, light cork float, and a No. 9 or 10 
 hook. 
 
 Gudgeons frequent the shallows, where the river is free from 
 weeds, with a grayelly or sandy bottom, which must be often 
 stirred with a rake made for that purpose. 
 
 Allow your bait to touch the ground, and before you begin, 
 plumb the depth of the stream. In the rivers Lea and Thames 
 immense niunbers of this fish may be taken in a day. 
 
 THE BAEBEL. 
 
 This fish is in little esteem for the table, its flesh being 
 coarse ; it is highly prized, however, by the angler, as it gives 
 him good sport, not unmixed with fear for the safety of his 
 tackle, for when of large size it is an extremely strong and 
 crafty fish, and will use every expedient to get oif the hook, or 
 else snap the line, which, unless the angler exerts his skill, it 
 will certainly achieve. 
 
 Before you begin fishing for barbel, throw plenty of ground 
 bait into the water, and continue to do so at intervals. 
 
 The best bait for this purpose is one made of soaked greaves, 
 bran, and clay, mixed together in balls about the size of an egg. 
 
 The barbel being a very sharp and quick biter, you must strike 
 smartly the moment you see a nibble, then let him run some 
 distance before you turn him round ; keep him away from weeds, 
 strive to get him into deep water, play him imtil he has lost all 
 his strength, and then haul him to land. 
 
 In the Thames, barbel are usually fished for from punts or 
 boats. A strong rod is necessary, with running tackle, gut line, 
 quill float, and a No. 7 or 8 hook. The bait should always 
 touch the bottom of the stream. 
 
 THE POPE, OR RUFFE. 
 
 This fish resembles the perch in shape, and is sometimes 
 called the ruffe perch. It is found principally in slow deep 
 rivers which have a gravelly soil, and its spawning time is in 
 April. 
 
 In angling for it, use a quill float and No. 7 hook. The 
 moment you observe a bite, strike, without allowing much line. 
 
 The proper baits are small red worms and brandlings, and 
 they should be suffered to drag lightly on the ground.
 
 22 
 
 ELLIOT S COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 Throw in a ground bait made of clay and worms, if the water 
 is clear, but if it is muddy, worms alone will do. 
 
 This fish will bite freely at any time of the day, during the 
 summer, but mostly in cloudy, sultry weather. 
 
 THE BEEAM. 
 
 The bream is principally found in lakes, and stiU rivers. It 
 may be taken in the spring and summer, but as it spawns during 
 June and July, it is best to angle for it in May — when it is in 
 its prime — and from the end of July to the end of September ; 
 and in these months from sunrise till eight o'clock in the 
 morning, and from five o'clock till dusk in the evening. 
 
 Use a gut line, quill float, and No. 10 hook, and let the bait 
 touch the bottom. The baits necessary, are well scoured red 
 worms, maggots, flag worms, and brandlings. 
 
 Use lob- worms cut in pieces, and grains, as ground baits, 
 before you commence angling. 
 
 The angler should be very silent, keep from the edge of the 
 water as much as possible, and strike the instant the flout is 
 drawn under the surface of the water. 
 
 SALT WATER ANGLING. 
 
 Many kinds of fish may be caught at the mouths of rivers 
 when the tide is running up. 
 
 Plaice, whiting, small cod, turbut, and haddock, will readily 
 seize a bait, and may be angled for from piers and projecting 
 rocks ; indeed, even mackerel may be taken from similar places, 
 during the time they are in season. 
 
 For this kind of angling, a good strong rod, stout, well -leaded 
 line, large cork float, and good sized hook are requisite. 
 
 When fishing at the mouths of rivers with gentles, well- 
 scoured red worms, or shrimps, as baits, you may take whitings, 
 eels, flat-fish, small cod fish, and haddock. When fishing from 
 a pier, or rock, or a boat, at a short distance fi-om land, two or 
 three red worms, a small raw crab, or a muscle, or a little bit of 
 whiting will prove very serviceable baits. 
 
 A piece of brilliant scarlet cloth will tempt mackerel, and to 
 ensure success, it is necessary to let your bait hang about
 
 Elliot's complete angler. 23 
 
 eighteen or twenty inches below the surface of the water, or 
 even lower if you can allow it. 
 
 If you have a crab or muscle on your hook, you should let it 
 drag on the bottom. 
 
 When fishing for haddock, your line must be deep in the 
 water, and your hook baited with two or three lob-worms or 
 muscles taken from the shell. Your tackle must be strong, for 
 they struggle, especially if they have arrived to a tolerable growth. 
 
 In sea fishing, when a ship is under sail, your line should be 
 sixty fathoms in length, having a large hook affixed to it, and a 
 piece of lead sufficient to keep it as deep under water as possible. 
 Your line must be made of hemp, and fastened to the gunwhale 
 of the ship. Cod and large haddocks are the fish usually taken 
 in this way, and sometimes ling. The bait is a piece of raw 
 beef, and it is scarcely possible to feel either of them bite, even 
 though you hold the line in your hand, by reason of the conti- 
 nual motion of the ship. 
 
 Angling ill salt water is not half so agreeable as in fresh water, 
 uor does it requure near so much tact and management of the 
 tackle and baits as fresh water fishing. 
 
 THAMES ANGLING. 
 
 A celebrated angler — one who has wandered along the sides 
 of most of the European and some of the American rivers, with 
 his rod in his hand — has said, that, having seen all these rivers, 
 he had never yet met with one in any way to be compared to the 
 Thames, either for beauty or the good sport generally to be 
 found in it. 
 
 Byron, in writing on the scenery of the banks of the Thames, 
 has given us the following lines : — 
 
 The river calmly swells and flows, 
 The charm of this enchanted ground. 
 
 And all its various turns disclose 
 Some broken beauty varying round. 
 
 The sternest heart its wish might bound, 
 
 On earth to dwell delighted here ; 
 Nor could on earth a spot be foimd 
 
 To nature and to me so dear.
 
 24 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 I shall now describe some of the different fishing stations, 
 easy of access : — 
 
 In the Docks, below London Bridge, perch, roacli, and 
 bream may be taken. 
 
 The Commercial Docks, near Deptford, abound with perch, 
 roach, and large bream. In both the above docks you must 
 have permission of a director. 
 
 Battersea Bridge. — At this station good roach and dace may 
 be had during the months of July, August, September, and 
 October. 
 
 Putney Bridge. — The same kind of fish may be taken. 
 
 Putney to Kichmond. — Between these there are few places 
 either for punt or bank-fishing, but tolerable good sport may be 
 had off the Aits, at Brentford, and between Isleworth and 
 Richmond. 
 
 Eichmond. — From the middle of August to the end of Octo- 
 ber, about two hundred yards above the bridge, fine barbel may 
 be taken ; but in the early part of the season, the preserve, 
 opposite the Duke of Buccleuch's boat-house, the dace are very 
 numerous, and many barbel are caught with dace tackle. 
 
 Twickenham. — The barbel and dace are plentiful, roach not 
 so numerous. At Twickenham Ait some large chub may be 
 taken. 
 
 Kingston and Hampton "Wick. — Barbel, perch, roach, dace, 
 and gudgeon may be had in both these places , from June to 
 August the gudgeon-fishing is very good. 
 
 Teddington. — It is a favorite resort for the lovers of barbel- 
 fishing, and gjod gudgeon, roach, and dace. It is not consi- 
 dered so good as Kichmond, Ditton, or Hampton. 
 
 Thames Ditton. — This place is well stocked with barbel, 
 perch, chub, roach, and dace, and is a very favorite resort of 
 London anglers, as it deserves to be. 
 
 Hampton Court. — This preserve contains barbel, roach, dace, 
 and many fine perch. From July to October excellent gudgeon 
 may be had between Hampton and Sunbury, and numerous 
 perch are taken while fishing lor gudgeon. At Sunbury large 
 gudgeon and trout may be taken. 
 
 AValton. — Heavy barbel, roach, dace, and chub, it is also one 
 of the best places for perch-fishing on the river. 
 
 Shepperton. — This place is well stored with roach and dace, 
 chub and barbel, and good bank-fishing for perch, chub and jack.
 
 Elliot's completk angler. 25 
 
 Weybridge. — There is good pike-fishing in the back river. 
 
 Chertsey Bridge. — There is a small stream which runs at the 
 back of Chertsey, containing jack, perch, chub, &c. 
 
 Laleham. — ^The fly-fisher may here exercise his craft with 
 general success. 
 
 Staines. — Since the preservation of the Thames, fishing here 
 is much improved ; it is frequented for barbel fishing. 
 
 Windsor. — At this place, gudgeon, pike, trout, and barbel 
 may be taken ; but between Windsor and Bray, trout are more 
 abimdant than in any other part of the river. 
 
 Maidenhead and Marlow. — At either of these places the 
 angler will find good sport in pike and perch, in September and 
 October. 
 
 MONTHLY GUIDE FOR BOTTOM FISHING. 
 
 January. — Chub, pike, and roach are the only fish that 
 can be taken in this month. The middle of the day is the most 
 seasonable time, provided the water is tolerably clear, and free 
 from ice. 
 
 February. — Towards the latter end of this month, when the 
 weather becomes somewhat milder, carp, gudgeons, and min- 
 nows may be taken, as well as pike, chub, and roach. The 
 middle of the day is the most favourable time, and fish in eddies 
 near banks. The perch spawns either in this or the next month. 
 
 March. — In this month, minnows, roach, chub, gudgeons, 
 tench, carp, and trout, form the bill of fare. Smelts, bleak, 
 pike, perch, and dace spawn. In this month also, the middle 
 of the day is the best for angling. 
 
 April. — In this month of " ever-varying shade and sun- 
 shine," the increasing warmth of the weather brings also increase 
 of sport to the patient angler, and tench, perch, trout, roach, 
 carp, gudgeons, flounders, bleak, minnows, and eels reward his 
 toil. Barbel, pike, chub, ruffe, and dace are out of season, this 
 being their spawning time. 
 
 May. — Perch, ruffe, bream, gudgeons, flounders, dace, min- 
 nows, eels, and trout may betaken. Carp, barbel, tench, chub, 
 roach, and bleak, spawn. 
 
 June. — Eoach, dace, minnows, bleak, gudgeons, eels, barbel.
 
 26 Elliot's complete angler. 
 
 ruffe, perch, pike, and trout are in season. Carp, tench, bream, 
 and gudgeon, spawn about this time. 
 
 July. — The list is still tolerably comprehensive; trout, 
 flounders, chub, dace, eels, bleak, minnows, pike, barbel, gud- 
 geons, and roach, affording good sport. Bream and carp spawn. 
 
 August. — In this month, barbel, bream, gudgeons, roach, 
 flounders, chub, dace, eels, bleak, minnows, pike, ruffe, and 
 perch, bite freely. 
 
 September. — Eoach, gudgeons, dace, chub, eels, tench, 
 bleak, minnows, barbel, bream, ruffe, pike, trout, perch, and 
 grayling are in season. 
 
 October. — Tench, gudgeons, roach, chub, dace, minnows, 
 bleak, pike, trout, and grayling, are the principal fish in season 
 in this month. 
 
 November. — This month's list is limited ; roach, pike, chub, 
 trout, and grayling, being the only fish now in season' Roach 
 and chub get into deep waters, and remain there till spring. 
 
 December. — When the weather is propitious, pike, roach, 
 and chub, may sometimes be taken, but all other fish have 
 retired to their winter retreats. 
 
 KULES OF THE THAMES ANGLING 
 PEESERVATION SOCIETY, 
 
 1. — That the affairs of this society be directed by a committee, 
 not exceeding twenty-four in number ; two of them shall be 
 treasurer and honorary secretary, and any five shall be a 
 quorum. Vacancies occasioned by resignation, or otherwise, 
 shall be filled up by the committee. 
 
 2. — That the committee shall recommend to the Eight 
 Honourable the Lord Mayor the necessary number, and persons 
 to be appointed water bailiffs, for the protection of the river — 
 report tbeir misconduct or neglect of duty — superintend the 
 payment of their wages and rewards — hear complaints against 
 poachers, or injury done to the staking of the preserves and 
 deeps, and all other matters relating to the interest of the 
 society. 
 
 3. — That the committee shall meet the first Saturday in each 
 fence month, the first Saturday in September, and the first 
 Saturilay in January, in every year. Bat a special committee
 
 ELLIOTS COMPLETE ANGLER. 27 
 
 may be called at any time, at the desire of three of its members, 
 the object of which shall be stated by the secretary in the sum- 
 monses, seven days previous to such meeting. 
 
 4. — That the annual subscription be one guinea, to become 
 due on the 1st of March. 
 
 5. — That the salaries of the water bailiffs be £10 per annum 
 (since raised to £20), payable half-yearly ; viz. in April and 
 October. 
 
 ti. — That no person shall be employed in the capacity of 
 water bailiif, who fishes with nets. 
 
 That no water bailiff of the society, wheu engaged to attend 
 a party fisliing, be allowed to fish himself, unless the party so 
 employing him be present, authorising his so doing. And 
 that no fisherman, whose name and residence is inserted in the 
 society's annual list, be continued therein if complained of as 
 fishing for himself, to the hindrance or annoyance of any mem- 
 ber of the society, or other amateurs of angling. 
 
 7. — That there be a general meeting of the society in London, 
 in the month of May in every year, at such place, and on such 
 day, as the committee may think most convenient to appoint ; 
 and that the secretary shall give fourteen days' notice thereof, 
 in two of the public newspapers, when the proceedings of the 
 society shall be submitted to the subscribers, with, a statement 
 of its finances, and in what manner they have been appropriated. 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO AInGLING. 
 
 By an Act of Parliament for consolidating and amending the 
 Laws relating to Larceny, &c., passed in the 7th and 8th George 
 IV., it is provided " That if any person shall unlawfully and 
 wilfully take or destroy any fish in any water which shall run 
 through or be in any land adjoining or belonging to the dwelling 
 house of any person being the owner of such water, or having 
 a right of fishery therein, every such offender shall be guilty of 
 a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be punished 
 accordingly ; and if any person shall unlawfully and wilfully 
 take or destroy, or attempt to take or destroy, any fish in any 
 water not being such as aforesaid, but which shall be private 
 property, or in which there shall be any private right of fishery, 
 every such offender being convicted thereof before a Justice of 
 the Peace, shall Ibrfeit and pay, over and above the value of the
 
 28 
 
 ELLIOT S COMPLETE ANGLER. 
 
 fish taken or destroyed, (if any) such sum of money not exceeding 
 five pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet ; provided always 
 that nothing herein before contained shall extend to any person 
 angling in the day-time ; but if any person shall by angling in 
 the day-time, unlawfully and wilfully take or destroy, or attempt 
 to take or destroy, any fish in any such vsrater as first mentioned, 
 he shall on conviction before a Justice of the Peace, forfeit and 
 pay any sum not exceeding five pounds ; and if in any such 
 water as last mentioned, he shall, on the like conviction, forfeit 
 and pay any sum not exceeding two pounds, as to the Justices 
 shall seem meet ; and if the boundary of any parish, township, 
 or village, shall happen to be in, or by the side of any such 
 water as is herein before mentioned, it shall be sufficient to prove 
 that the offence was committed, either in the parish, township, 
 or village named in the indictment or information, or in any 
 parish, township, or village adjoining thereto. 
 
 " And be it enacted, that if any person shall at any time be 
 found fishing against the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful 
 for the owner of the ground, water or fishery, v\rhere such offender 
 shall be so found, his servants, or any persons authorised by 
 I him, to demand from such offender any rods, lines, hooks, nets, 
 or other implements for taking or destroying fish, which shall 
 then be in his possession ; and in case such offender shall not 
 immediately deliver up the same, to seize and take them from 
 him for the use of such owner; provided always, that any person 
 angling in the day-time against the provisions of this Act, from 
 whom any implements used by anglers shall be taken, or by 
 whom the same shall be delivered up as aforesaid, shall by the 
 taking or delivery thereof, be exempted from the payment of 
 any damages or penalty for such angling." 
 
 And by another Act passed in the 7th and 8th George IV., 
 it is provided, that " if any person shall maliciously in iiny way 
 destroy the dam of a fish-pond or other water, being private 
 property, wdth intent to take or destroy any of the fish in the 
 same ; or shaU maliciously put any noxious material in any such 
 pond or water with intent to destroy the fish therein, such 
 offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be punished 
 accordingly." 
 
 The provisions of these Acts do not extend to Scotland and 
 Ireland. 
 
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