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THE YOUNG ANGLEB. 



Grasshoppers are good baits during June, July, and August, for 

 roach, grayling, chub, and trout; their legs and wings must be taken 

 oft' before they are put on the hook. 



Salmon spawn is an excellent bait for trout and chub, and may be 

 purchased at the shops ready for use. 



Cheese Pastes. Take some old Cheshire cheese and the crumb 

 of white bread, and mix them up to a tolerable degree of consis- 

 tency, and you will make a good bait for chub. 



White Bread Paste. Knead crumbs of white bread dipped in 

 honey in the palm of your hand until they attain a fair degree of 

 consistency ; it is good for tench, carp, roach, and dace. 



Wheat Paste. Procure some new wheat, remove the husks, and 

 afterwards pound it ; then pour some milk or water over, and 

 gently simmer the composition ; when cold, it will be somewhat like 

 a jelly, and a very small piece only should be put on the hook. 



Sheep's blood and saffron make a good paste for roach, D^eak, 

 dace, perch, and trout. 



For barbel, an excellent paste may be made by dipping the 

 crumb of new white bread in the liquor in which chandlers' greaves 

 has been boiled, adding a little of the greaves, and working it up 

 till stiff. 



Paste baits are not at all adapted for swift, running streams, but 

 for quiet brooks, ponds, or very still rivers ; you must be quick of 

 eye, and sharp to strike, otherwise both fish and bait will give you 

 the slip. A quill float is better than a cork one when baiting with 

 paste, as it betrays the slightest nibble. 



GBOUND BAIT. 



Ground baiting is a most essential part of angling, and ought 

 never to be omitted, as success in bottom or float fishing cannot be 

 expected, unless the proper means for drawing the fish together are 

 resorted to. The object for throwing bait into the water, is to 

 collect fish to one particular spot, and then to use a superior kind of 

 bait, though of a similar kind, on the hook. Thus, if going to angle 

 with earth worms, throw in for ground bait those that are unsecured, 

 and fish with those that are well scoured. 



For barbel, it is necessary to make the lumps of ground bait large 

 in proportion to the strength of the current in which you fish; 

 chop or break a pound of greaves into small pieces, and pour hot 

 water over it, let it remain till it softens, strain the water away, 

 and work it up with clay into lumps or balls, and add a little bran to it. 



For chub, roach, and carp, mix bran and clay together into lumps 

 about the size of an spple ; place some gentles in the middle, and 

 close the clay over tL-m. It is a very useful bait in a still pond, 

 hole, or slight eddy. 



For roach, dace, and bleak, work some clay and bran together 

 into balls, about the size of a pigeon's egg. 



For chub, carp, roach, and dace, take the crumb of white bread, 

 soak it in water, squeeze it almost dry, add bran and pollard, and 

 work them up together until they acquire the consistency of cl y. 



