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Cads, Cadeti'S, Straw- f Forms, or Rough- Coats, are a sort of mag- 

 got or grub, found incased in small pieces of sticks, rushes, &c. 

 —See page 307. 



Candock, or Cammock, (called, by some, the water-lily) large 

 broad-leafed weeds, growing in rivers, and other fresh waters : 

 they form an excellent harbour for Fish, in the Summer. 



Cane, of which fishing-rods are generally made, are bamboo, 

 Carolina, and the sugar-cane. 



Caps, pieces of coloured quills, used to keep the line to the float. 



Chain-line, a long stout cord, to which, several shorter, with 

 baited-hooks,are fastened. — See Chain-line for Eels, page 135. 



Cartilaginous, Fish without a back-bone ; such as the Lamprey, 

 &c. 



Chrysalis, is the first change of a maggot or gentle ; they then are 

 brown, and seem dead. 



Clearing-line, is a few yards of strong small cord, to the end of 

 which is fastened a heavy ring of lead or brass.— See Angling- 

 Apparatus, plate 3, fig. 6. 



Come-short ; while fishing for Jack, Pike, Trout, or Chub, and a 

 Fish comes, seemingly very eager, towards the bait, but, when 

 near, turns or shoots away, the Angler then says, "I had a 

 Fish come at me, but he came short." 



Dabbing, or Dibbing. — See Dapping. 



Dapping j or Dipping, angling with a fly on the surface of the wa- 

 ter, by rising and letting it fall gently thereon. 



Dead-lines are lines to which one or more hooks are fastened and 

 baited ; the line is then so placed in the water, that the hooks 

 lay on the bottom ; but, to those lines, no float or rod is at- 

 tached ; but, instead, are fastenetl to- a peg, or a bank-runner. 



Deeps are the deepest parts of the River Thames, somewhat out 

 of the current : to make them safe harbours for Fish to breed 

 in, &c. the boatmen who live at Hampton, Shepperton, and 

 other places in that neighbourhood, sink their old boats in 

 rows, leaving a channel between them : in a line with this chan- 

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