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then draw him over the Lead ; after put a lefler 

 Grafshopper or a Cod- hail on the Point, and 

 keep your Bait in continual Motion, lifting it 

 up, and finking it again. A Chub will like- 

 wife take this Bait very well. 



There are fome Anglers who with good 

 Succefs ufc only the Tail, or half of the Grafs- 

 boppery putting on the Hook firfl a young 

 Beetle y or S ham-bud ^ which is found in a 

 Cow-turd of a Day or two old. If you take 

 off the higher and hard Wings, flie puts forth a 

 long Pair, coloured like thofe of the Pad- fly. 

 This, in a clofe Water, and which breeds a 

 large ^rout^ is as killing a Bait as any what- 

 ever : But it is not fo good in a fhallow, 

 very clear, and open River. You may dib 

 with a Grafshopper^ either for Chub or Trent, 

 The green Grafshopper is generally ufed. 



The Hoiife-crickety a winged Infedt, like a 

 Grafshopper, that lives in Chimneys and warm 

 Places, and fings almoft continually, is faid 

 by fome to be a good Bait for Chubs, if you 

 dib with it, or permit it to fink within the 

 Water. 



Water-cricket, Water-loufe^ or Creeper y 

 which are all one, are excellent good for a 

 Trout, in March and Aprils or fometimes in 

 May in fome Rivers. They are found under 

 Stones that lie hollow in the Water, and you 

 may fi(h with them within half a Foot or a 

 Foot of the Bottom. Others let their Bait drag 

 on the Ground ; and other good Anglers af- 

 firm, that if you dibble with it in the Streams 



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