Crabs are also a nuisance and occasionally get caught on the hook and landed. They move the float more evenly, but also towards the bank, holding the bait in the claws, sideways crawl imparting a there regular movement to the float than the jumping of the shrimps. Tortoises, which are quite often hooked and landed, actually swallow the bait, and' are liable to move in any' direction, whey may be detected by a slow smooth" movement of the float, and are very liable to injure tackle, the toughness of their jaws making it almost impossible to remove the hook without snapping it, especial ly when the head is withdrawn into the shell. The turtle is also a nuisance, biting. throug! any line with his knifelike jaws, ing much valuable tunately they of the "reptiles!" And on this October morning not even the reptiles took notice of us!
So at about nine we moved on and tried a pond, also in the We ern district, which a few years ago was open to the world and full of fish—a village pond, in fact, and a large one. Then big carp could be seen thrashing about on the surface, and an infinite quantity of the culter family, some of considerable With memories of a very satisfactory summer day's flyfishing on this pond we fished it solidly until nearly noon, The sun came through the clouds and the fence and hedge which now surround it kept, off the chill of the wind. A live-bait was put out for the mur-rel (or "black fish"') which has the teeth and healthy appetite of a pike, and the appearance of a monster, half eel, half fish, with a mouth like a slit in a letter-box! Two rods were also used for bottom fishing with a bait vf paste, which usually proves effective for carp and ides.
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