CHAPTER V. 

 FISHING AT A DISTANCE. 



Float-casting- for chub To make the line float Baits 

 for chub Bream fishing on the Broads Bubbles 

 Rudd Surface baiting for rudd Where to fish for 

 them and how Fishing in the Nottingham style 

 Legering B irbel Baiting a barbel swim Uncertainty 

 of the sport Big barbel Carp Their artfulness 

 Baits for carp Fishing for carp in shallow water 

 Potato and baiting needle Fishing on the surface 

 Tench Baits and methods. 



So far the young angler has been on fairly 

 intimate terms with his fishing, that is to say, he 

 has never been very far away from his float and 

 hook. But there are times when to achieve good 

 results he will have to fish a long way off. In Mr. 

 Smith's mill-pool, to give an illustration, he will 

 remember that the chub rise in the evening in the 

 far distance, thirty yards or more away, and to catch 

 them he would have to get his bait there. When 

 the mill-wheel has stopped working and the pool is 

 practically still, with only a very gentle current 

 running for a few yards before it is merged in the 

 deep eddies, the chub could only be reached by 



