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bristle dressed on the hook with them should be 

 placed.' Artificial palmers, well dressed, are much 

 more handy, and very often kill better than the 

 real caterpillar. The green caterpillar, or cab- 

 bage-grub, is a good bait for grayling. 



Pastes have divided the opinions of the angling 

 world, very uselessly in my opinion. Perfumed 

 and variously coloured pastes, as a general rule, 

 should be rejected by the wise angler. The 

 simpler the paste the better : sometimes made 

 of nothing more than moistened bread-crumb, 

 worked between clean fingers, coloured sometimes 

 with a little vermilion, and for sharp running 

 streams having a little raw cotton worked up 

 with it to prevent its washing off the hook. This 

 paste, varied as above, is the best general one, 

 and when fish will not take it, wish them a good 

 morning, or try the gentle or worm. In order 

 that the learner may not be deprived of any 

 chance resource, I will give him a list of several 

 sorts of pastes. 



Common bread paste is made either of new or 

 stale bread, according to circumstances. New 

 bread paste is made by intimately kneadiog to- 

 gether in the hands for a few minutes three- 

 fourths of new with one-fourth of stale bread, 

 without dipping in water. This working will 

 bring it into a very glutinous adhesive paste. 

 It is particularly fitted, therefore, for angling in 



