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utmost quietude in the punt when chub-fishing ; do 

 not drop the pole or paddle or other articles, place 

 them quietly without jar in their proper places, and, 

 with reasonable care, far better sport will result. 



I like clear water for chubbing, and invariably 



Clear ^ n< ^ ^ ^ ^t\G good during, or immediately 



water after, a flood, especially if the water has 



for chub been very thkk The fish seem to get 



sickened, or perhaps glutted with food, and cer- 

 tainly in thick water they cannot perceive the bait 

 as easily as in clear. I well remember the verdict 

 of a very clever and experienced keeper. I was 

 fishirg water new to me, it was up one day and 

 down the next ; the water looked in fair condition, 

 and I remarked that we should get fish ; the 

 keeper was not of my opinion, as a " fresh " had 

 only just subsided and he was perfectly correct in 

 his surmise, for we only got one chub after trying 

 several very promising swims. We then started 

 roach-fishing, and did well. 



With all paste-baits, I prefer using a triangle to a 

 single hook for chub-fishing ; and as the 

 baits are large, the triangle should corre- 

 spond. No. 6 or 7 is a useful size, and has plenty 

 of metal in the hooks. Test hooks and triangles 

 before use ; a brittle triangle will break easily if 

 pressed between the fingers, and brittle triangles 

 are no good to hold heavy fish out of weeds. Nos. 

 10, II, or I2, 1 single hooks, are the sizes for lob- 

 worms, a big mouthful is nothing to a chub. In 

 writing for hooks to any tackle dealer's it is sufficient 

 to say you want roach-hooks, barbel-hooks, &c., 

 and to purchase two or three sizes of each. Tackle- 

 dealers will know almost exactly what is required 

 1 Numbers taken from Hardy's list, 1897. 



