THE CHUB. 



SOME of the best and most varied sport obtain- 

 able in the Thames is to be had by angling for 

 this bold-biting fish ; yet strange to say, the 

 chub is let severely alone by the majority of 

 Thames anglers. Only the lucky few who have, 

 during recent years, regularly ,and scientifically 

 followed up this branch of sport know what a vast 

 number of chub the Thames contains, the miles 

 and miles of river over which they are scattered, 

 and the infinite variety of swims in which they are 

 to be found. 



As a general rule, wherever the river has a 

 gravelly bed, there you may try success- . 

 fully for chub, whether in the open stream 

 or elsewhere, in all depths of water, remembering 

 that your chevin prefers the shelter of overhanging 

 banks, willows, roots, stumps or whatnot ; even 

 mere depth of water will sometimes suffice to 

 provide a congenial haunt. When the water is 

 disturbed by boats, heavy chub are frequently 

 secured by changing to really deep swims, with 

 fifteen to twenty feet of water in the river bed. 

 In the early season of the year they chiefly resort 

 to the shallows below the weirs ; in May, if the 



