196 DIBBING FOR CHUB. 



and whether this is done by day or by night, it is 

 impossible not to be struck with its beauty, and the 

 variety of its fine buildings. 



Notwithstanding my sight-seeing propensity, I 

 contrived to use my fishing-rod on two or three oc- 

 casions, accompanied by one of my young Eton 

 friends, who had taken a liking to the noble art of 

 angling. We sauntered along the banks of the 

 river 



' Where shading elms along the margin grew, 

 ' And freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew.' 



We dibbed for chub in deep holes, under the 

 hollow banks of the river, sometimes with cadbates, 

 which is a killing bait, and at others with a black 

 beetle. In fishing with these, the bait should 

 be kept gently on the move, and this causes the 

 chub to come at it with the greater eagerness. It 

 is, indeed, one of those baits a chub delights in, 

 but notwithstanding this, the angler should keep 

 himself as much concealed from the view of the 

 fish as possible. When this has not been properly 

 attended to, I have seen chub swim round the bait 

 over and over again, showing their eagerness to 

 take it, but abstaining from doing so in consequence 

 of the angler having exposed himself. The fish, 

 after tihs disappointment have disappeared from 

 the spot, and it was sometime before they returned 

 to it. 



In dibbing for chub, the rod should be very 



