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Of all fifh he is the beft to enter a young Angler,for 

 he is very eafiiy taken : however give me leave to pre- 

 fcribe you fome more Rules than what I have already 

 fhewn in the Angling for the ChsveN^which is the fame 

 with the Chnh or Chavender 



You mufl: find out fomc hole, where you /hall have 

 twenty or more of them together in a hot day floa- 

 ting almoft on the very furface of the water : let your 

 Rod be long and ftiong, and your Line not above 

 a yard or two long, very ftrong, and an indifferent 

 large Hook ^ then bait your Hook with a Grafhopper, 

 bob your Grafhopper up and down one the top of the 

 water, and if there be any Chub near he will rife; 

 but foabfcond your felf that you may notbefeen, 

 for he is a very fearful fiih, and therefore the leaft 

 fhadow will make him fink to the bottom of the water, 

 yet he will rife again fuddainly ; this is called Bob- 

 ing. 



Having baited your Hook drop it gently fome 

 two foot before that Chub you have ele(fted by your 

 eye to be the beft and fairelt, and he will inftantly 

 bite greedily thereat, and be held fo faft by rcsfon of 

 his Leather-mouth,that he can feldom break his hold: 

 and therefore you may do well to give him play e- 

 nough, andfo tire him ; othcrwife you may endanger 

 your Line. 



If you cannot find a Grafhopper, then bait your 

 Hook with any kind of Fl\ or Worm, as I faid before, 

 as Dors, Beetles, Bobs, Cod or Cafe- worms. 



When you fifh for the Chub with a Fly,Gralhopper, 

 or Beetle, it muft be at the top of the water •, if with 

 other baits, underneath. 



In March and Jfril angle for your Chub with' 

 Worms ; in May^ Jum^ anii Jaly^ with Flies, Snails, 

 or Cherries. Where note,he will rarelv refufe a Graf- 

 hopper on the top of a fwift Stream,nor at the bottom 



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