THE CHUB. 

 Fly-fishing. 



Although I have known instances of both Dace 

 and Chub being found in ponds, the river is their 

 common and natural habitat. Unlike the Dace, 

 however, the Chub is rarely taken by bottom fishing 

 throughout the summer, during which period the 

 fish is to be looked for either on gravelly shallows, 

 especially when they run under bushes and hollow 

 banks, or in back waters, and slow-running streams 

 overhung with bushes and trees. In either of 

 these positions the Chub may be taken with the 

 artificial fly by far the most killing method of 

 summer fishing so long as the weather continues 

 warm. The fly-rod (either double or single- 

 handed, according to fancy), and the reel, line, &c., 

 should be the same as those used for Trout fishing. 

 The mode of working the fly is also similar. 

 When fishing under boughs, the great art is to 

 cast as near to them as may be or under them, if 

 possible without getting foul. Indeed, I have 

 often found it a good plan when fishing from a 

 boat to let the fly light actually on the fringe of 



