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in the winter the middle of the day. Some 

 anglers try for them in the summer evenings, 

 with a ledger line, and two or three large 

 f baits of paste on it, and just before dark 

 they will sometimes take a good fish. When 

 bottom fishing for chub, let your bait be an 

 inch or so off the ground, or more, according 

 as you see they take it in the swim. Always 

 have your running line ready to go out, for as 

 soon as ever you hook them, they invariably 

 make one desperate drive to get away from 

 you, and if you do not let them go, and they 

 happen to be large a separation is pretty sure 

 to take place between you. But after that 

 one desperate effort, they will allow you to 

 do just as you please with them, so that you 

 need not have any fear of bringing them to 

 the net. Chub are, in fact, taking them 

 altogether, rather a peculiar fish, and chub 

 fishing, rather a hazardous kind of sport ; and 

 that is one grand reason why it is not much 

 followed. There has, however, been some, 

 who are now no more, who have taken a good 

 deal of pleasure in chub fishing, and at times 

 they have been pretty successful. And it 

 cannot be denied, that some fine chub in a 

 dish look very catching to the eye, for they 



