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worms for all kinds of Barbelling, and I prefer the 

 swim to be baited beforehand (if possible twenty- 

 four hours). Still I have had excellent sport with 

 both kinds of baits, and both systems of using 

 them. ' Ground baiting as you fish' has, however, 

 this advantage, that if Barbel do not come on to 

 bite at one swim there is no disappointment felt in 

 moving to another. A fisherman especially a 

 professional fisherman hates quitting the hole 

 into which he has thrown so much time and so 

 many pints of worms. If it is intended to fish the 

 same swim a second day, the ground should be re- 

 baited on quitting. 



The mode of preparing and using greaves for 

 ground bait is described in the remarks on that 

 subject. If worms are used for baiting a Barbel 

 swim in anything but dead water or a very slow 

 stream, I recommend their being enclosed in hollow 

 clay balls of about the size of a man's two fists. 

 These, if the swim is to be fished at once, should 

 be thin enough to break almost directly they touch the 

 bottom, and the worms, of which a couple of handfuls 

 are enough to begin with, should be broken into two 

 pieces. If the swim is to be baited twenty-four hours 

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