BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 2^1 



paste so good as a simple one of white bread-crumb, and 

 made thus : put a lump of crumb into a pocket-hand- 

 kerchief, and having twisted it up, dip it in water, giving 

 it a few squeezes whilst immersed so as to eject the air, 

 and substitute water. Then wring the crumb as dry as 

 may be in the handkerchief, and taking it out, work it 

 for a minute or two in the hands, which should be 

 clean. 



Wools, dyes, and flavourings, whether with sugar, 

 honey, or essential oils, are useless or mischievous. Paste 

 is a good pond bait in summer for Roach and Rudd, and 

 not a bad one occasionally for Carp — but this exhausts 

 its role. 



Paste should be put on in a pear shape so as to cover 

 the shank as well as the bend of the hook. When using 

 paste, a few small pellets thrown in from time to time 

 round the float are useful. 



A paste made of cheese is sometimes a killing bait 

 for Barbel and other kindred species. 



Miscellaneous Baits. 

 Caddice, grasshoppers, meal-worms, and earth-grubs 

 generally are occasionally killing baits for all the before- 

 mentioned coarse fish, but they are so difficult to obtain 

 in any quantities that they are seldom worthy of much 

 consideration. The meal-worm, which is perhaps the 

 least troublesome, breeds amongst the refuse sweepings 

 of flour mills. The caddice (or as its name is sometimes 



