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Two preserved and cased Golden Orfe fish, caught by AE Hobbs in the River Thames on the 23rd October 1901. Weights 2 lbs 8oz and 2lbs 6 oz. Hobbs was born in New Street, Henley in 1871 and lived in Henley all his life. Whilst working as an architect for Brakspear brewery in the 1930's he was responsible for designing many local pubs. Hobbs claimed to have caught almost 900 Thames Trout, each over 3 lbs in weight, in 55 years of fishing. He fished in the non-tidal reaches of the Thames.
More DetailsPreserved and cased Trout, caught by Harold Avery with fly in the River Thames in Dowdeswell Reservior in 19th May 1938. BROWN TROUT (When found in the Thames these are called Thames Trout) Latin name - Salmo trutta Colour - It is usually brownish or greenish with a darker back but the colour is variable. Greyish blue specimens occur and some are almost black. Size - Growth is dependent on the surroundings and adults are often between 20-50m long. Trout can grow up to 140cm (55ins) long. Charcteristics - The trout has many black spots on its head and body and some red spots. Its lower jaw is long and in old males becomes hooked. The younger trout are called parr and have around 10 marks (called parr marks) on each side of the body. Habitat - The trout likes clean rivers which are high in oxygen. Diet - It feeds on invertebrates, fish and crustaceans. How fished for - Trout are today more often caught from stocked lakes than rivers such as the Thames.
More DetailsPreserved and cased King Carp, caught by Harold Avery in a lake at Ross on Wye, on potato, 20th September 1941. Weighed in at 20½ lbs Preserved and cased by J. Cooper & Sons of London. CARP Latin name - Cypinus carpo Colour and characheristics - There are several forms of carp and it is their arrangement of scales which make them different. These forms are the leather, mirror and scaled carp. A carp has four barbels at the sides of the mouth and uses these to search for food by taste. Scaled carp: this is covered in scales. The back is greenish brown, the sides are yellowish brown and the belly is creamy yellow. Leather carp: This has few scales and is a darker brown than the scaled carp. Mirror carp This tends to grow more quickly than the other forms of carp. There is another species of carp: The Crucian carp. This is smaller than the other carp and has no barbels. This carp was introduced to Britain in the 1970s. Diet - Carp feed on both plants and animals. They tend only to eat plants in the summer whilst in the winter feeding is irregular and sometimes stops in very cold weather. Habitat - Carp prefer still, weedy ponds and lakes on slow flowing rivers. They often form small shoals and can tolerate low oxygen levels. Carp tend to swim near the bottom but will bask near the surface on warm days. How fished for - Carp are a popular fish for specimen anglers and a variety of baits are used including bread pastes. Interesting facts - Carp are famous for their longevity. One 20kg specimen captured in 1952, and named Clarissa, survived in London Zoo until 1972 when she was thought to have been 35 years old. British record: common carp 51 lb 8oz (23.36kg)
More DetailsPreserved and cased Trout, caught by Mrs H.M. Avery in the Dowdeswell Resevoir, Cheltenham on the 19th May, 1938. BROWN TROUT (When found in the Thames these are called Thames Trout) Latin name - Salmo trutta Colour - It is usually brownish or greenish with a darker back but the colour is variable. Greyish blue specimens occur and some are almost black. Size - Growth is dependent on the surroundings and adults are often between 20-50m long. Trout can grow up to 140cm (55ins) long. Charcteristics - The trout has many black spots on its head and body and some red spots. Its lower jaw is long and in old males becomes hooked. The younger trout are called parr and have around 10 marks (called parr marks) on each side of the body. Habitat - The trout likes clean rivers which are high in oxygen. Diet - It feeds on invertebrates, fish and crustaceans. How fished for - Trout are today more often caught from stocked lakes than rivers such as the Thames.
More DetailsTwo Preserved and cased Record Bream, caught by J. J. Perkins at Eynsham in the River Thames on 20th September 1928 Weight 10lbs 13¼oz & 9lb 14¼oz. Preserved and cased by J. Cooper & Sons of London. BREAM Latin name - Abramis brama Colour - its back is dark brown, the sides (flanks) are a lighter yellow brown and its belly is silvery. Size - Adults are 25 - 45 cm long (10 - 16ins). Bream are slow to grow and usually take 11 years to reach maximum size Characteristics - The bream has a humped back, a deep (wide) body and a forked tail. Diet - It eats worms and insect larvae from the bottom of the river. It feeds with a sucking action. Habitat - Bream like slow flowing rivers. It is a shy fish and lives and moves in shoals (groups) near the bottom of the river. How fished for - Bream is caught using a float and/or ledgering technique. Ledgering involves the use of a lead weight to keep the bait near to the bottom of the water. Baits include maggots, worms and bread. Interesting facts - Bream are now only eaten in Europe but were once a main part of the diet of rural peasants in Britain. British Record - 11lb 2oz (5.4kg)
More DetailsA preserved and cased Perch caught by AE Hobbs in the River Thames on the 6th March 1902, weighing 2lbs and 6 ozs. Hobbs was born in New Street, Henley in 1871 and lived in Henley all his life. Whilst working as an architect for Brakspear brewery in the 1930's he was responsible for designing many local pubs. Hobbs claimed to have caught almost 900 Thames Trout, each over 3 lbs in weight, in 55 years of fishing. He fished in the non-tidal reaches of the Thames. PERCH Latin Name - Perca fluviatilis Colour - Its flanks (sides) are pale green with dark bars ruiniing from the back. These bars vary in colour and number from 5 to 9. Its belly is silvery green. Size - This depends what food is available. Adults are often bewteen 15cm and 30cm (6-12 inches) and weigh up to 2kg (4/5lb). Characteristics - Its dorsal fin (on its back) is grey with a large dark spot at the back. Its second dorsal fin is yellowish. Its pectoral fins (on its side) are brown. The other fins and the tail are pink, orange or red depending on its age, the time of year and the water in which it lives. Diet - It eats small fish either dead or alive, crustaceans and molluscs (animals in shells), insect lavae and worms. It is not fussy and will eat most living creatures that it can. Habitat - The perch likes slow flowing rivers, like the Thames, and lives in large shoals (groups). It avoids cold quick waters. How fished for - Anglers use live or dead fish as bait such as minnows and gudgeon but also worms or maggots or artificial baits called lures. Many anglers catch perch by float fishing but in deep water ledgering is used. Ledgering involves the use of lead weight to keep the bait near to the bottom of the water. Interesting Facts - One of the perch's favourite food is its own fry (baby perch) British Record - 2.52kg - 5lb 9oz
More DetailsA pair of preserved and cased Thames Tench caught by AE Hobbs in the River Thames in July 1912. Weight 4lbs 8oz and 4lb 13ozs. Hobbs was born in New Street, Henley in 1871 and lived in Henley all his life. Whilst working as an architect for Brakspear brewery in the 1930's he was responsible for designing many local pubs. Hobbs claimed to have caught almost 900 Thames Trout, each over 3 lbs in weight, in 55 years of fishing. He fished in the non-tidal reaches of the Thames. TENCH Latin Name - Tinca tinca Colour - Tench have a dark back with dark greyish green sides. The belly is a pale green colour usually with an orange tint which is stronger on the males during spawning. Size - Its average weight is 2kg (4lb) and grows to 20-30cm (8-12in). Characteristics - The tench is a member of the carp family. All the fins are dark, its scales are small and the iris of its eye is red. It has one small barbel at each side of the mouth. The fish uses its barbels to search by taste for food. Diet - It feeds on worms, molluscs and the larvae of insects. Younger fish eat algae but plant food forms only a small part of the diet of an adult. Habitat - Tench prefer still, muddy and slow flowing rivers and are tolerant of low oxygen levels. How fished for - Anglers use a vareity of baits such as bread paste and maggots. The techniques used to fish for tench are float fishing and ledgering (when a lead weight is used to keep the bait near to the bottom of the water). Interesting Facts - In a severe wonter tench can bury themselves in the mud and hibernate until the temperatures improve.
More DetailsA pair of preserved and cased Thames Tench caught by AE Hobbs in the River Thames in July 1912. Weight 5lbs 5oz and 5lb 3ozs. Hobbs was born in New Street, Henley in 1871 and lived in Henley all his life. Whilst working as an architect for Brakspear brewery in the 1930's he was responsible for designing many local pubs. Hobbs claimed to have caught almost 900 Thames Trout, each over 3 lbs in weight, in 55 years of fishing. He fished in the non-tidal reaches of the Thames. TENCH Latin Name - Tinca tinca Colour - Tench have a dark back with dark greyish green sides. The belly is a pale green colour usually with an orange tint which is stronger on the males during spawning. Size - Its average weight is 2kg (4lb) and grows to 20-30cm (8-12in). Characteristics - The tench is a member of the carp family. All the fins are dark, its scales are small and the iris of its eye is red. It has one small barbel at each side of the mouth. The fish uses its barbels to search by taste for food. Diet - It feeds on worms, molluscs and the larvae of insects. Younger fish eat algae but plant food forms only a small part of the diet of an adult. Habitat - Tench prefer still, muddy and slow flowing rivers and are tolerant of low oxygen levels. How fished for - Anglers use a variety of baits such as bread paste and maggots. The techniques used to fish for tench are float fishing and ledgering (when a lead weight is used to keep the bait near to the bottom of the water). Interesting Facts - In a severe winter tench can bury themselves in the mud and hibernate until the temperatures improve.
More DetailsA preserved and cased Golden Tench caught by AE Hobbs in the River Thames on the 4th September 1907. Weight 3lbs 1oz. Hobbs was born in New Street, Henley in 1871 and lived in Henley all his life. Whilst working as an architect for Brakspear brewery in the 1930's he was responsible for designing many local pubs. Hobbs claimed to have caught almost 900 Thames Trout, each over 3 lbs in weight, in 55 years of fishing. He fished in the non-tidal reaches of the Thames. TENCH Latin Name - Tinca tinca Colour - Tench have a dark back with dark greyish green sides. The belly is a pale green colour usually with an orange tint which is stronger on the males during spawning. Size - Its average weight is 2kg (4lb) and grows to 20-30cm (8-12in). Characteristics - The tench is a member of the carp family. All the fins are dark, its scales are small and the iris of its eye is red. It has one small barbel at each side of the mouth. The fish uses its barbels to search by taste for food. Diet - It feeds on worms, molluscs and the larvae of insects. Younger fish eat algae but plant food forms only a small part of the diet of an adult. Habitat - Tench prefer still, muddy and slow flowing rivers and are tolerant of low oxygen levels. How fished for - Anglers use a vareity of baits such as bread paste and maggots. The techniques used to fish for tench are float fishing and ledgering (when a lead weight is used to keep the bait near to the bottom of the water). Interesting Facts - In a severe winter tench can bury themselves in the mud and hibernate until the temperatures improve.
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