CHAPTER VI. 



CHUB FISHING GENERAL INSTRUCTION SONG, THE CHUB. 



THE tackle described for barbel fishing is in 

 every way adapted for chub, with the exception 

 of the hook, which should be larger. The 

 bait also used for barbel are used for chub. 

 The places, too, where barbel are found very 

 frequently contain chub; and you may take 

 ! them occasionally in the same swim, and at 

 | the same time of the year. Yet they are very 

 different fish, and have very different habits. 

 ! They are much more common in some waters 

 than others, but they seldom abound in any ; 

 and in all, they are generally taken only one 

 or two now and then, more as chance fish, 

 than in the regular order of angling. They 

 are also a fish of prey, and will sometimes 

 take a bait the same as a jack. We were 

 fishing for roach and dace, one beautiful 

 summer's morning, early, and a chub seized 



