46 THE FISHING-ROD ; 



night ; and if two or three times repeated on 

 the night preceding the morning of your 

 excursion, your chances of success will be in- 

 creased. Carp live longer out of the water 

 than any other fresh water fish, the eel only 

 excepted. 



Neither carp nor tench will take the artificial 



CHUB FISHING. 



THE chub, though a powerful fish and bold in 

 its actions often stemming the most rapid 

 currents is, nevertheless, extremely timid of 

 the human form ; and on the slightest suspicion 

 of any moving object on the banks of its haunts, 

 darts away, or dives with astonishing rapidity. 

 There is however this redeeming point in its 

 character, it soon returns again to the spot from 

 whence disturbed ; and if the angler's bait be 

 deposited there during its absence, the chub will, 

 probably, be ready to take it upon its return. 

 The chub is a fish which affords the angler 

 considerable sport ; it will take a bait at almost 

 any time of year : and is a fish which may be 

 caught either with the fly-rod or bottom-rod. 

 With the fly-rod the chub may be taken with 



