34 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



the same sort as used for Barbel, or made with 

 soaked bread, pollard, and bran, v \vorked to- 

 gether : they bite during the whole day, but 

 best in the morning and evening, in summer 

 until quite dark, and all night. Fish as near 

 the middle of the stream as you can in the 

 spring months, and let the bait drag two or 

 three inches on the ground. 



REMARKS ON CHUB. 



Chub never thrive in ponds or canals, but 

 delight in deep holes, scov/ers, tumbling bays, 

 &c. in rivers : in the autumn and cold weather 

 they keep close in deep dark holes, or in the 

 shelves under banks, and in holes that are 

 shaded by large willow trees, whose branches 

 hang close to or in the water. The river Lea 

 is famous for large Chub from Temple-mills, 

 or Lea-bridge, all the way to Hoddesden and 

 Ware. The Chub will feed all the year. 



Both Chub and Roach will bite the whole year round, 

 The bait should touch and lightly drag 1 the ground. 



