THE CHUB. QI 



Baits. For this mode of Chub fishing the colder 

 the weather the better, provided only that the 

 water is not discoloured. The pith should be used 

 with Nottingham tackle, the most favourable 

 situation being deepish water close to boughs and 

 "rooty" banks. The bait should swim about three 

 or four inches from the bottom, as nearly as may 

 be, the brains being thrown in from time to time 

 above the swim. In this mode of fishing it is not 

 advisable to bait any one swim beforehand, as 

 Chub are shy fish, and it is seldom that more than 

 two or three can be taken out of the same place 

 without scaring the rest : consequently it is better 

 to move from place to place, throwing in a small 

 quantity of ground bait at each. By this mode of 

 fishing the largest Chub are to be taken ; and 

 when used by skilful hands, I have known a punt- 

 well to be half filled with fish. 



The Chub is sometimes locally called the 

 " Chevin." It is the Penci, or Cochgangen, of 

 Wales, and the Skelly of Scotland. 



