78 COARSE FISH. 



some time. A disgorger should, therefore, be 

 employed. 



An excellent tackle for use with the smaller cork 

 (see p. 24) float is made up as follows : Triangle 

 No. 6 or 7, a yard and a half of gut, two shot 

 fourteen inches, four ditto twenty-four inches, five 

 ditto about thirty-three inches, from the triangle. 

 The shot are BB size. This tackle is easily con- 

 verted for use with heavy floats by adding more 

 shot or a bullet or corking-lead above the other 

 shot. 



Fishing for chub from a weir-head is very good 

 Weir- sport, the strong stream making a hooked 

 fishing fish f ee i heavier than he really is for the 

 first plunge or two, especially if hooked far away. 

 The most likely spots are found where the deep 

 water ends and the shallow begins. Little difficulty 

 is experienced in keeping the line straight, as the 

 tackle is heavy. The float travels at a tremendous 

 pace at first, but, on arriving at the eddies at the 

 end of the runs, the pace slackens, especially it 

 there be some undertow of current towards the weir, 

 or if the water be held back by the gravel bank. 

 You are likely to get chub in the heart of a quick 

 run if the water be low, but the best spots are in 

 the eddies. In many cases, the depths are learnt by 

 sad experiences of lost tackle, as the bait must be 

 adjusted to fish near the bottom at the spot selected, 

 and the float should be allowed to work round and 

 round in an eddy, or travel in a run between two 

 eddies. Suddenly, the great float will quickly dis- 

 appear, and if you are fishing properly without 

 slack line, the pull of the fish will be felt simul- 

 taneously. Strike hard, throwing the rod well up ; 

 and if the fish be large the line will tighten with a 



