148 AET OE ANGLING. 



honey cannot be procured, you may use lump sugar 

 dissolved in warm water, which will answer nearly 

 as well. 



Plain paste is made of white bread dipped in 

 water, then squeezed as dry as possible, and worked 

 as above until it becomes very smooth and stiff. 

 This paste is valuable, because it is easily made 

 while at the water side. 



A paste made of old rotten Cheshire cheese 

 and the crumb of white bread is an excellent bait, 

 particularly for Chub. 



A good paste for Barbel may be made by dipping 

 the crumb of white bread in water that chandler's 

 greaves have been boiled in, and kneaded stiff. A 

 small quantity of the greaves may be mixed with 

 the bread. 



When paste is angled with for Carp, Bream, and 

 Chub, let the bait be of the size of a hazel nut ; but 

 for Roach and Dace, the size of a large pea. Paste 

 is considered more attractive when a little vermillion 

 is mixed with it, to make it of a pale pink colour. 



Salmon spawn is described by some writers as a 

 superior bait for Trout, Chub, Eoach, &c. the best 

 way to preserve it is this : take a pound of spawn, 

 put it in warm water, and carefully wash from it all 

 the particles of skin and blood; then rinse it by 

 pouring on cold water ; and hang it up in a bag to 



