BAIT. 1 9 



ticularly good bait in July and August, for 

 gudgeon, bream, and dace. 



Flag- worms, beetles, cow-dungworms, salmon 

 spawn, cheese-paste, wheat-paste, ash-grub, and 

 almost any kind of worm or grub, will serve for 

 bait during the hot months of July and August. 

 Wheat-paste and cheese-paste must be worked 

 up in the hand : the latter with a little bread. 



Lob -worms are easily known by their broad 

 tails, their red heads, and the streak down the 

 back. For salmon, trout, large perch, eels, 

 barbel, and chub, the lob worm is an excellent 

 bait. 



For barbel the gentles must be worked up 

 into a ball in the following manner : Take a 

 lump of clay, and knead it into a kind of cup ; 

 put your gentles inside, and then form the ball, 

 working your line round it, with the hook, 

 properly baited, outside. Use a ground-bait of 

 gentles that is, throw a few gentles into the 

 water where you intend to fish; these will 

 attract the notice of the fish, and perhaps 

 bring them in numbers to the spot, where they 

 will find the ball you have artfully prepared for 

 their special entertainment. 



The following directions will be found useful 

 for preserving worms for use : " Shred some 

 mutton suet, and chop it into small pieces. Let 

 it boil slowly in water till the suet is dissolved, 

 and then, having ready some clean well-beaten 

 hemp, sacking, or wrapper, dip it into the liquor. 

 When well soaked in it, and having become 

 cold, mix some fresh mould with the worms, 

 and put the whole into a tub, and over the top 



