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and parboil it; when cold it will be stiff 

 like jelly ; in using it, put one grain on the 

 hook. Malt, prepared in the same way, 

 makes a good ground bait. 



GROUND BAIT. 



Ground baiting should by no means be 

 omitted, and it is better if done the night 

 before ; care should be taken that it is fresh 

 on the day, or the fish will not take it. 

 For carp, chub, roach, and dace, use white 

 bread soaked in water, and mixed up with 

 bran and pollard, in equal quantities, until 

 it is nearly as stiff as clay. 



For roach, dace, and bleak, mix clay and 

 bran together in balls the size of a pigeon's 



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For barbel, chandlers' greaves, boiled 

 and worked up into balls with clay, is a 

 good ground bait. 



For carp, tench, perch, bream, and eels, 

 malt soaked in water is good; or gentles 



