FISHING AT HOME AND ABROAD 

 where crayfish are found — as chub are particularly partial to them, 

 especially when the poor crayfish has just cast one coat, and not had time to 

 harden his new one. Although not often taken over five pounds, the Thames 

 chub are fairly numerous — a very deadly bait for a Thames, or any other 

 chub, is a small frog an inch or an inch and a half long; kill it by a flip 

 from the forefinger, held by the thumb and let go suddenly so as to hit 

 the frog at the back of the head. To a No. 4 round bend hook on gut nip 

 a split shot on the gut half an inch from the end of the shank, put the point 

 of the hook in at the vent and bring it out through the head, then with a bit 

 of yellow floss silk or worsted bind the hind legs of the frog together 

 crossways above the shot. Baited in this way it goes down stream head 

 first on float tackle, and can also be cast from a boat or canoe so as to fall 



CHUB CCyprinus Cephalus) 



Chub grow to large sizes in the Hampshire Avon and Stour, in the Thames, Kennett, Coloe, 

 Loddon, Lea, Trent, and many other rivers. 



near the bank and under the boughs in the chub hole or swim. This method 

 of baiting is given by Dr Karl Heintz, who also has an excellent way of 

 baiting with a cockchafer, or other beetle; he threads the gut with a fine 

 baiting needle right through the insect, and finds in this way that the bait 

 often gets pushed up the gut by the fish, and can be used to capture two 

 or three fish. A big red or black Palmer fly with a bunch of gentles on 

 the hook is a very deadly bait to cast among a company of chub looking 

 out for insects dropping from the trees on a hot day. 



But the winter is the time when the chub fights best, the colder it is the 

 better he likes it. Stout pipe macaroni, stewed so it is soft, but not too soft, 

 is a very good bait and ground bait, and can be baited by having a small 

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