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dirty white colour, with pale red heads and yellowish at 

 the tail ; when scoured they are of a pale pink colour. 

 They are an excellent bait for trout; chub, dace, carp, 

 tench, bream, perch, eels and gudgeons. 



LOB-WORMS 



Are to be found in gardens in the evening of damp days, 

 during spring and summer. They are a good bait for sal- 

 mon, trout, barbel, and eels, 



KNOT-WORMS 



Are found in stiffish marl or sandy ground ; they are of a 

 deep pink or pale red colour, and are often found tied in 

 a knot. They are a good bait for most of the lesser kind 

 of fish, and if put on the hook together with a brambling, 

 trout will take them much better. 



TO CLEANSE OR SCOUR WORMS. 



The best way to scour worms is to put them in an earthen 

 jar with a quantity of clean damp moss, changing or wash- 

 ing the moss every three or four days. 



MAGGOTS OR GENTLES 



Are^ produced from fly-blows in any kind of animal 

 substance, and may be retained in a tin box with a quan- 

 tity of bran and damp sand, or damp sand alone, and put 



