148 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



The chub requires ground-bait in a general way, 

 which may be made according to the receipt already 

 given. 



As chub will rise at the fly ; those who like it may 

 whip away for him at the end of summer, when there is 

 nothing better to be done. 



The best season of the year for chub-fishing is from 

 June to the end of August ; but he may be caught all the 

 year round. Evening and morning are the best parts of 

 the day, as he seldom feeds when the sun is high. The 

 angler must be cautious and still, for the chub is a shy 

 suspicious fish ; and if two or three are taken, in rapid 

 succession, out of the hole where they are assembled ; they 

 will grow fearful, and change their haunts for some 

 time. 



The chub is soon killed in a general way ; but when 

 large, he is exceedingly difficult to manage, and is a very 

 troublesome customer with delicate tackle. Perseverance 

 and patience, however, are sure to beat him; and if 

 devoid of these qualities, the angler had better break his 

 rod, and renounce the craft for ever. 



23ait for tfte 



This fish, when large, will afford the angler some sport; 

 but in almost all respects, he is a miserable, bad, worthless 

 fish. Carp-tackle, and carp-baits are all too good for him, 

 but will kill him as well as, or better than any other; and 

 he is not worth a rod and line to himself. 



The best season to fish for him is from June to October, 

 when he often disappoints the perch-fisher, by nibbling at 

 his clear tough dew- worm a sort of bite which is often 

 mistaken for the gentle suckings of a small eel. He will 



