BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 2^7, 



Bearing in mind this rule, it will hardly be necessary 

 to explain that of the ground baits which I am about to 

 enumerate the majority are also used as baits for the 

 hook — some simply, some in combination with others. 

 To begin with, 



Gentles. 



" Carrion gentles" are generally used for purposes of 

 ground bait, being smaller, more easily procured, and 

 otherwise inferior to the liver gentles, which should be 

 used on the hook, thus carrying out the cardinal prin- 

 ciples of ground baiting already indicated. Carrion 

 gentles can be obtained from any carcase or offal ; they 

 are, I believe, generally procured for the tackle-shops 

 from the dealers in horse-flesh. They should be mixed 

 with moist sand, as, if kept in any quantity, pure and 

 en masse, they are apt to scald, as the expression is ; — 

 that is, they become so heated that many die. Carrion 

 gentles, simply or in combination with other baits, are 

 the best ground bait all the year round for Roach, Dace, 

 and Bleak, and are also a very good bait for Bream or 

 Barbel. In ponds or still waters I should advise their 

 use for either of the fish named, without other admixture, 

 on all occasions when they can be procured. 



Paste 



Is to be recommended for use principally in the same 

 kind of water as that suitable for gentles. A few pellets 



