44 BAITS FOR DAPIN-,. 



order to lead him away from the spot, so that he may not 

 by flying about all over the hole disturb the others ; for. if 

 he is permitted to do so, the angler will barely take another 

 fish in the hole, whereas by conducting his measures pro- 

 perly he may take three or four more. Having landed his 

 fish with as little noise as possible, he must bait the hook, 

 and swing it out over the hole again, and there let it hang 

 for a few minutes previous to dropping it on the surface, in 

 order that the chub may thoroughly recover their equa- 

 nimity. When the fish become quite disturbed, the angler 

 should leave the spot, casting in a handful of ground-bait 

 ere he goes. No good will be done by his continuing to 

 fish it, for the chub will not come on the feed again unless 

 left to themselves for an hour or more, when he may come 

 back and renew his attentions with success. 



The beat baits for daping are cockchafer, bumblebee, 

 .grasshopper, large flies of various kinds, and the young 

 frog. Flies should be hooked on sideways through the 

 thorax, and not from head to tail, and as little line as pos- 

 sible should rest on the water when daping with them. 

 Pushing with the young frog is a very killing method of 

 fishing for chub. The following method I have from Mr. 

 Kolfe, the well-known fish artist, and by this means 

 almost any spot can easily and certainly be fished. The 

 worst things one has to contend with in daping are the 

 branches and foliage on the wooded spots where this kind 

 of angling is chiefly followed ; the difficulty being to get 

 the line and hook out over the water without entangling. 

 To do this, various expedients have been adopted twisting 

 the line round the top of the rod, and then poking it 

 through holes in the bushes over the water, and there 

 untwisting it by turning the rod round like a mop handle, 

 the reverse way to the twist. But this is tedious, and not 

 always certain. Mr. Rolfe's plan is far better. Use a 

 long, light, and stiffish rod with upright rings ; a very fine 



