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CHAPTER XVIII. 



BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 



Baks — WoiTns, brandlings, lob- worms, where to get and how to pre- 

 serve ; two-hook tackle. Gentles, greaves, pith and bullock's 

 brains. Wasp-grubs ; easy method of taking wasp-nests. Pastes. 

 Miscellaneous baits — Caddice ; grasshoppers ; meal-worms ; earth- 

 grubs. 



Ground baits — Rationale of ground-baiting ; gentles, paste, bran, bread, 

 meal, greaves, grains, rice, worms. 



Worms. 



The best worm for every description of angling-, 

 except Barbelling or Bream-fishing, is usually the 

 brandling or dunghill worm, found in old rubbish and 

 manure heaps. In common with all other worms brand- 

 lings are better scoured and kept as recommended for 

 Trout fishing (p. 112). Of other kinds of worms, the 

 reddest are the best. For Barbel, Bream, and Chub, 

 the tail end of a lob-worm, about 2 inches, is, for some 

 reason — probably because it is larger — a better bait. 

 Lob-worms can frequently be obtained • in the same 

 spots as brandlings — in kitchen-gardens, and generally 

 in any moderately damp, heavy soil. Lob-worms also 

 come out in great numbers on dampish, low-lying 



