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frequently to be seen in company with the 

 dace in those places ; and they will sometimes 

 take the fly pretty freely, as will also the dace, 

 at that time of the year. You may then dip 

 for them with a silk line, a No. 9 hook, and 

 any natural fly that you can catch. You must 

 let the wind be behind you, so that it may 

 blow your silk line over the stream, and then 

 you must let your fly keep dipping where you 

 think the fish may be, when, if so disposed, 

 they will rise and take it. We have seen some 

 very fine chub and dace taken in this way. 

 Or you may use a perfect fly-rod and whip- 

 line, with artificial flies, which is decidedly a 

 more pleasant and scientific method of taking 

 them. In the Lea, between Stratford and the 

 White-house water, on the shallows, in the 

 month of July, we have seen some very good 

 sport in this way of fishing. Or you may 

 bottom fish for them in these places, with a 

 long line, a good sized hook, and a bait of 

 gentles or graves ; keeping out of sight, and 

 letting your bait swim in among them, as 

 spoken of in the chapter on roach and dace. 

 We have taken them in this way frequently. 



In the summer, early in the morning is 

 decidedly the best time to fish for chub, and 



