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The breed of Wasps, Bobs, Clap-baits, Cads, Cadis, or 

 Case-worms, and Maggots, described. 



The young wasp or bee, when in the state of a 

 maggot, is an excellent dapping and tripping bait for 

 Trout ; this maggot is much like the common gentle, 

 but considerably larger : use a No. 8 hook, and put a 

 good bunch of them on at a time, and let them swim 

 down the current, touching the bottom. There are 

 two other kinds of maggots, which were much used 

 by Anglers formerly, but the experienced, of the 

 present day, very properly reject them. These 

 maggots, or, as some call them, bobs and grubs^ are 

 found when turned up by the plough, particularly in 

 the Spring, and in a sandy soil ; they are three times 

 as big as a gentle, and have a red head : they are 

 the breed of insects called cock-chafers ; they afford 

 food for rooks, who will closely follow the plough in 

 search of them, and, during the season, grow very fat 

 upon them. The other is called the cow-dung bob, 

 grub, or clap-bait j they may be found, early in the 

 Spring months and parts of Summer, under half-dry 

 cow-dung, in meadows, grass commons, &c. This 

 maggot is the produce of the blue, or cow-beetle, 

 which flies about in the Summer evenings, and fre- 

 quently smites the patient Angler on the face, in his 

 return from his favorite amusement. The colour of this 

 maggot is a dusky yellowish white, and some have a 

 dark-coloured head. 



The only success I have met with in angling with 

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