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together, but keep as much out of sight as you can : 

 they bite during the whole day, but best in the morn- 

 ing and evening, in Summer until quite dark, and all 

 night. Fish as near the middle of the stream as you 

 can in the Spring months, and also on the shallows 

 and scowers, but in the Winter, in deep holes : let 

 the bait drag two or three inches on the ground. 

 From Michaelmas till May is the season for catching 

 Chub by bottom fishing : May, June, July, and August 

 are the best months for angling with flies, pioths, 

 bees, &c., at the top of the water. Chub will also 

 take a black snail in some waters early in the morn- 

 ing and late at evening, when it is used as follows : 

 take a black snail and cut through the skin at the 

 belly, which is white inside, and so fix it on a No. 5 

 hook as to shew the white part, and dap therewith 

 same as directed with bees, &c., in that part of the 

 work termed Fly Fishing. In Flanders, the inside of 

 a red cherry is found the most killing bait for Chub. 



Chub never thrive well in ponds or canals, but in- 

 crease and delight much in deep holes, scowers, tum- 

 bling-bays, at the tail of mills, &c. in rivers, and will 

 grow to the weight of nine pounds and upwards • in 

 the Autumn and cold weather, they keep close in deep 

 dark holes, or in the shelves under banks, and in holes 

 that are shaded and secured by the roots of large wil- 

 low and alder trees, and bushes whose branches hang 

 dose to or in the water. The river Lea is famous for 

 large Chub, from Temple-mills and Lea-bridge, all 

 the way to Hoddesdon and Ware. The Chub will feed 



