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would had he been alone, he would have caught perhaps every 

 fish at first and left none for a second trial ; but this would not 

 answer his purpose. He likes a joke and wished to astonish the 

 men, knowing each place well and the number and size of fish 

 he was in the habit of taking in each. He said, " there are six 

 fish here ; I shall catch three now and the other three when I 

 come back." But when he had caught the first three he did 

 not try again, but led the two men to believe that though there 

 were as many more left they would not bite then. This certainly 

 was a grand display of the art of angling, and it would require a 

 deal of confidence even on the part of a professional before he could 

 undertake to perform a similar feat. Because I have caught 

 six fish in one place to-day, can I in a week after make sure of 

 getting the same number in the same place ? By no means ; 

 and I say that the man who would undertake to do anything 

 like the above must possess considerable confidence and great 

 knowledge of the art of Chub fishing. 



We shall now proceed with our lesson on the art of angling 

 for Chub. Well, you have got the tackle and other appliances 

 that I have recommended, and let us suppose a suitable day, 

 water and wind. Now you are going, perhaps, to fish a strange 

 water, and have no one to show you the places where Chub are 

 likely to be. I am satisfied that man is a good angler who can 

 go to a water he has never seen before, and catch a good basket 

 of fish, without being shown the best places in which to fish. 

 This is convincing proof that he is an artistic angler. I know 

 a few boasting fellows who catch more fish with their tongues 

 than ever they did, or are likely to do, with the rod. They 

 catch a fish or two in places that some other angler has found for 

 them ; but send them to a water a hundred miles from home, 

 and they will turn out perfect " duffers." Well, take stock of 

 the river ; you perhaps see the water running down on one side 

 in a rapid boiling stream. That is not the side for Chub fishing 

 in winter. Do you perceive those willow bushes, and those trees 

 overhanging the water, with a gentle swim, five or six feet deep, 

 on the opposite side ? Then make for it at once, and approach 



