. The domestic word : a practical guide in domestic and social economy. in rivers; barbel, bleak, flounders,and eels, in shallows, sharps, &c., maybe taken this month. May.—Eels will take a bait, night andday, during this month ; all freshwaterfish now feed ; in ponds you may havesport, but still angle, for choice, inshallows and eddies. June.—This is a bad month for theangler; most fish (except trout), havingrecently spawned, and being out of condi-tion. July.—All freshwater fish will nowtake a variety of baits, but not veryfreely. Do not quit the streams andscours. August.—Fish will bite mor
. The domestic word : a practical guide in domestic and social economy. in rivers; barbel, bleak, flounders,and eels, in shallows, sharps, &c., maybe taken this month. May.—Eels will take a bait, night andday, during this month ; all freshwaterfish now feed ; in ponds you may havesport, but still angle, for choice, inshallows and eddies. June.—This is a bad month for theangler; most fish (except trout), havingrecently spawned, and being out of condi-tion. July.—All freshwater fish will nowtake a variety of baits, but not veryfreely. Do not quit the streams andscours. August.—Fish will bite more freely,especially in the morning and evening,during this month. September.—Barbel, roach, chub, anddace now go into deep water, and there remain till Spring. October.—For trolling and bottom-fishing for roach and chub, this monthis good; but not for fly-fishing, oiangling in ponds or still waters. November.—Roach, chub. Jack (o\pike) will still feed, sometimes freely, inthe middle of the day. December,—Roach, chub, Jack (or H ^z §omtdxc Maxlh,. PANNIER, FLOATS, ROD, TACKLE CASE, PLUMMETS, WINCH, THE GOUGE-HOOK,AND HOW TO BAIT IT WITH A MINNNOW. ^ §nxbz ta ^otml €conomi^. 15 pike) will continue to afford the angleramusement, if favourable opportunityoccur. The waters are, however, gene-rally thick, or frozen up. Angling, Tackle and FliesPOR.—The Rod.—In the choice of his rodthe angler will generally be directed bylocal circumstances. The cane rods arelightest; and where fishing-tackle is sold,they most commonly have the preference;but in retired country places, the rod isoften of the anglers own manufacture,and he should, at any rate, be capable ofsupnlying himself with one upon anemergency. No wood, as a whole, isbetter adapted for this purpose than thecommon hazel; and if to this he canadd a sound ash stock, or butt-end, anda whalebone top, he is as well furnishedwith materials as he need desire to rods are sometimes wholly madeof ash, with
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