CHAP. VI. 



CHUB. 



THE Chub is a river fish, rather bony, and 

 not very choice food, particularly in summer ; 

 they are firmer and better tasted during the 

 winter months. The Chub will feed all the 

 year, and is a bold-biting fish either at the 

 top of the water or bottom, greedily taking 

 flies, cockchafers, bees, &c. of which I shall 

 speak when treating on fly-fishing. 



When angling for Chub, where you have 

 reason to expect a heavy fish, use running 

 tackle, gut line, quill float, and hook No. 8 

 or 9. Strike the moment you perceive a bite, 



