92 BAITS, AND THEIR USE. 



of various kinds. In making, one rale applies to all 

 see that it is clean, or the fish will not take it. 



A good paste for carp, roach, tench, and chub, is 

 made of crumb of white bread, and worked with 

 the fingers in the palm of the opposite hand until 

 it is of the proper consistency. Some prepare the 

 bread by letting it lie for some hours wrapped up 

 in a wet cloth. This is a good mode. 



A good paste, especially for chub, is made of rotten 

 Cheshire cheese and crumb of bread, worked up as 

 before. 



Greaves paste that is, a paste made of white bread 

 dipped into the liquor in which greaves have been 

 boiled, is a killing bait for barbel. 



Wheat paste is a favourite bait in some parts of the 

 country, as is also pearl-barley. The wheat should be 

 freed from the husks, by keeping ten or twelve hours 

 in water, and then parboiled, which will swell it to 

 twice its natural size. Malt and pearl-barley may be 

 prepared in the same way, They may be crushed, and 

 used like a paste, or a single grain be taken and put 

 on the hook, after the manner of baiting with a gentle. 



GROUND-BAITING is a thing of considerable im- 

 portance. It should be done the night before, when 

 it is practicable. Whatever bait is used, see that it is 

 fresh, or the fish will not take it, or be attracted by it. 



Greaves boiled and worked up into balls with clay and 

 bran, is a good ground-bait for barbel. White bread, 

 soaked in water, and mixed up with bran and pollard, 

 is a ground- bait for perch, carp, roach, dace, and chub. 



To make a good bait paste of this description, take 



