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Baits &c. 



Ground bait (see Roach and Bream). 

 Worms, brandling, with a few lobs. 

 Gentles, in tin (very secure) with bran or meal. 

 Paste, red, well worked and evenly coloured. 



white, 

 Wheat, well-boiled, for baiting hook and occasional ground 



bait. 



Bread for making fresh paste, c. 

 Red lead for colouring. 



Not forgetting, if the weather threatens rain, a good-sized 

 umbrella or a waterproof coat. 



A creel, of course, is very handy for carrying such small 

 articles as reels, winders, floats, &c., and for hooks and gut 

 I know of nothing better than a fair-sized fly book, whilst for 

 ground bait and bringing home fish, a good-sized frail basket 

 with a strap or two to pass round it is about the most useful. 



The quantity of bait required for a day's fishing by a single 

 person may be reckoned up as follows : 



Wheat, about 2 Ibs. ; this when well-boiled will make about 



4 pints. 



Worms 1 as many of each as may be had for a few pence, say 

 Gentles / 6d. worms and 3^. gentles. 

 Ground bait, about 20 balls, each the size of a large orange. 

 Paste, red and white, each ball about the size of a small orange. 



G. CHRISTOPHER DAVIES. 



