THE CHUB. 



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if the style of fishing and the bait to be used is 



mentioned ; always do this in ordering hooks, it 



saves endless trouble. 



When extracting the hool<\ or triangle from a 



chub, if it has gone deeply down, do not probe 

 after it with a finger ; a big 

 chub can, and does, hurt badly 

 with his great teeth. This I 



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SlNGLF HOOKS. 



know to my cost, as I once tried 

 to extract a triangle, that had 

 gone deeply down, with the tip 

 of my first finger. If the novice 

 wishes to feel how a chub can bite, and what 

 power he can exert in crushing up hard beetles, 

 let him push his finger down the throat of a large 

 chub, freshly caught he will not forget it for 



TRIANGLES. 



