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successfully practised, particularly in spring, by 

 which method many large chub are taken. At this 

 season, red worms are also good bait ; put two on 

 your hook, for the chub loves a large bait : in the 

 summer months, gentles and greaves ; during win- 

 ter, bullock's brains or pith ; when that bait is not 

 to be procured, use paste made of bread and honey. 

 Before you begin to angle for chub, throw in plenty 

 of ground bait. Fish as near the middle of the 

 stream as you can in the spring months, and let 

 the bait drag two or three inches on the ground. 



You may amuse yourself sometimes by the fol- 

 lowing method, which is considered highly scien- 

 tific. Go to one of their holes, where, in most hot 

 days, you may find a number of them floating near 

 the top of the water. Put a grasshopper upon 

 your hook, and placing yourself behind a tree, re- 

 main as free from motion as possible, let it hang a 

 quarter of a yard short of the water : to keep it 

 steady, support your rod on the bough of the tree, 

 or on a bush. It is likely the chubs will sink at 

 the first shadow of your rod, as they are the most 

 fearful of fishes, and shy if but a bird flies over 

 them and makes the least shadow on the water, 

 though they will presently rise to the top again. 

 While they thus lie at the top of the water, fix 

 your eyes on the best chub, and move your rod 

 gently towards him. Let the bait fall easily upon 

 the water, three or four inches before him, and he 

 will infallibly take it, and you will be as certain to 

 catch him ; for he is one of those leather-mouthed 

 fishes, of which a hook scarcely ever loses its hold. 

 Be sure to give him play enough to hook him, be- 

 fore you take him out of the water, 

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