70 THE CHUB. 



give him time. You may angle for them all day, but the 

 best times are early and late. 



THE CHUB 



Is a well known fish, and inhabits many of our rivers 

 and ponds ; in shape it somewhat resembles the carp 

 and tench, but its colour is more pleasing-, being of a 

 silvery grey. It resorts to deep waters where the cur- 

 rent is strong, and it loves to shelter under hollow 

 banks, bushes and large trees that overhang the water, 

 and is often taken when angling for the trout. They 

 spawn in April and May, and may be angled for the 

 year round, when the weather is favourable, with natu- 

 ral (see dibbing) and artificial flies (see fly-fishing), like- 

 wise with salmon-roe, ant-eggs, wasp-grubs, gentler, 

 dock-gaubs, and paste tinged with vermilion, old cheese 

 worked in the hand and made into large pills. You may 

 fish either at the bottom or in the middle. Use a shot 

 to your line sufficient to sink your bait, and a fine quill 

 float. The rod must be a long one, and you must keep 

 out of sight as much as possible, for they are a very shy 

 fish, and swim in shoals. Strike as soon as the 

 float is drawn under water, give it play, and keep it from 

 getting amongst the roots or weeds, which it will endea- 

 vour to gain. If you bait the ground, do so before you 

 begin to angle, and with the same composition you use 

 for carp, &c. 



