330 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



If you are on the bank you may indulge in 

 dapping under any boughs that overhang a deep, 

 slowly-flowing hiding place. Use every possible 

 piece of cover for your movements and drop, or 

 dap, your caterpillar, frog, or bee, into every likely 

 place where your rod-point can find a way ; leave 

 the consideration of means of getting the fish out 

 till the quickly-fought battle is over. You must 

 have your stiffest rod and strongest tackle for 

 dapping. 



From November onwards, the later in the year 

 the better, the most deadly bait that can be offered 

 is pith and brains. Ask your butcher for two sets 

 of bullock's brains, or half a dozen sets from sheep, 

 which wash, cleanse and peel. On your fishing 

 morning put them, chopped quite small, into a 

 bait-can with some water, and take with you a cup, 

 or, preferably, a cup-like vessel with a long enough 

 handle to allow you to keep your hands dry when 

 you come to throwing in spoonfuls from your can. 



This baiting needs much care ; you must manage 

 so that the stream may take the attractive, slowly- 

 sinking, glittering morsels to the eddying hole 

 where the fish are lying. The water in the bait- 

 can helps you by its weight in the throwing of the 

 brains as near as possible to the spot you have 

 decided on. 



Have from your butcher also a length of pith 

 from a bullock's spine from which cut an inch or 

 more as may best cover your triangle hook. Pay 



