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cannot be fished very well from the banks, stout tackle is 

 necessary, for the hook very often gets hung across flags, 

 rushes, or twigs, and a sharp haul is necessary to loosen it, 

 hence the convenience of strong tackle, for if fine were 

 used the boat would have to be taken into the boughs, and so 

 spoil the spot. Besides, stout tackle is necessary to haul a 

 three-pounder out of his fortress of old roots, &c. 



Chub begin to get under the boughs about August, and I 

 think that is the best time to go after them with the fly. 

 Your fly should be thrown across the stream as far as you 

 can ; and allow it to work round over every eddy that curls 

 round, and perhaps a bold rise and boil in the water will 

 reward you. 



As this work more particularly relates to bottom fishing in 

 the Nottingham style, I think I have said as much as I need 

 say about fly fishing for chub, and as chub is my favourite 

 fish, I have given him the place of honour in this little book, 

 it is rather a lengthy chapter, but I have said nothing but 

 what the angler ought to know. I hope I have been very 

 plain in my directions. 



