THE CHUB AND CHUB FISHING 

 spring swivel a foot from the Iiook, so tlie liook lengtli of gut can be re- 

 moved; tlie loop of the latter and the gut is then pushed carefully through 

 an inch or so of the pipe of macaroni and the gut looped on to the swivel 

 spring catch. A small triangle is generally used just big enough to prevent 

 the macaroni slipping over it, but I dislike triangles, as they are so unfair 

 to a fish which breaks away, and probably dies of starvation because 

 the triangle locks his mouth or throat — a larger single hook is much more 

 humane and quite as effective. Cheese paste, bread paste, and paste made 

 from dough or flour and water with a little cotton wool worked into it, 

 are all good baits at times for chub — but do not be afraid to use a good 

 lump, as big as a cob nut or even a walnut if the chub run large. 



It is very pretty work to let a float travel away down under the boughs 

 or along a clay bank worn away under water, and then hit a good chub 

 twenty or thirty yards away. Of course get him out into the stream away 

 from the swim you have baited as soon as possible, so as not to scare the 

 other fish. 



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