134 BREAM. 



winch. The object is to prevent the fish from getting 

 amongst the roots, branches of trees, &c., and the line 

 must, therefore, be of sufficient strength to hold it. In 

 such places as these, one mode for taking chub is to 

 " sink and draw" that is, to use a line without a float, 

 and having dropped the baited hook to the bottom, to 

 draw it up gently to the surface, and thus continue till 

 you get a bite, when you must land your fish as quickly 

 as possible. Do not omit to throw in some ground- 

 bait occasionally, and do it without disturbing the 

 water. In fishing for chub, it is well to shift about, 

 backwards and forwards, between two places, at a short 

 distance from each other. 



VII. THE BREAM. 



To take this fish, the rod should be a long, light one, 

 with a reel and a running line of the finest description. 

 The lower line, if not a hair, should be of fine gut, and 

 the float and hook the same as for chub. The bait 

 may be a small, well-scoured marsh or red-worm, 

 brandlings, maggots, gentles, or.paste. For a ground- 

 bait, use greaves, bran, and clay, made up into balls, 

 or carrion-gentles. The baited hook should be about 

 half-an-inch from the ground, and the moment you 

 observe a bite, strike. Keep your line loose on the 

 winch, as the fish will, especially if it be large, rush 

 out into the middle of the river upon being hooked. 

 The best places for bream are still, broad places, the 

 bends of rivers, or ,the eddies where there is little 

 stream. 



