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dace, roach, bream, or any other fish that 

 may be in the water. With graves, the best 

 plan is to pick out a nice white, tough piece, 

 about as large as you think sufficient for 

 a bait, and then hook it this way and that 

 way, and any way, until the hook is quite 

 covered, all but the point, and it is about 

 as large as a small cherry. Other fish will 

 often take this bait also, chub in particular. 

 If you fish with cheese paste, and have a 

 triangular hook, there will not be any dif- 

 ficulty in baiting it, and it should be about 

 the same size as the bait of graves. 



THE GROUND-BAIT. 



Gentles, or graves, used with bran and clay, 

 are the best ground -baits for barbel in any 

 water. As it regards gentles, the best plan is 

 to keep them in a bag by themselves, and in 

 another bag of a good size have a quantity of 

 bran. When at the water-side, dig out with 

 your trowel some clay of a good consistency, 

 not too wet, nor yet too dry. Put some pieces 

 of it into the bag with the bran, as big as a 

 large apple, and shake the bran well over 

 them, then, with your hands in the bag, make 



