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necessary to bait the places you angle in with what- 

 ever bait you use. Should you fish with worms, 

 maggots, wasp-grubs, or snails, the bait must lie 

 upon the ground ; but if with brains, a little below 

 mid-water, being careful to strike the instant a fish 

 bites, as the bait is so very tender. The Chub is 

 likewise to be taken by bobbing, or dibbing, during 

 the summer months, with almost any fly you can 

 find ; and at this period you will see them swimming 

 near the top of the water, twenty or thirty in a 

 place ; you must approach very cautiously, or they 

 will render the attempt fruitless, for on the least 

 alarm they dive with rapidity to the bottom. Also 

 the grasshopper and cabbage grub, either natural or 

 artificial, are excellent baits, and will take many 

 other kinds of fish. 



When a Chub seizes the bait, he bites with so 

 much eagerness that his jaws are often heard to 

 chop like those of a dog. 



BLEAK. 



THE Bleak is to be found commonly in rivers; 

 its length is about five or six inches; slender in 

 shape, with the body much compressed; colour, 

 bright silvery, with the back olive green ; scales of a 

 middle size, and tail forked. It is from the scales 



