THE CHUB. 



July. Your line must be a single-haired one, with 

 a small float, and the hook, No. 6 or 7. Let your 

 bait touch the ground, which may be. any sort of 

 small worms, wasps, or gentles. He being a fish but 

 seldom taken with the rod and line, to enlarge on 

 the subject would be totally unnecessary. 



THE CHUB.* 



The chub is a fish by no means in very much 

 esteem, his flesh being very coarse, and full of small 

 bones ; yet he affords good sport to the angler, es- 

 pecially to a Tyro in that art. They spawn about 

 the beginning of April; and their haunts are chiefly 

 in large rivers, having clayey or sandy bottoms, in 

 holes shaded with trees ; where many of them in 

 general keep together. He bites best from sun- 

 rising till eight, and from three till sun-set. In 

 March and April you must angle for the chub with 

 worms ; in June and July with flies, snails, and 

 cherries ; but in August and September use a paste 

 made of Parmesan or Holland cheese, pounded in 

 a mortar, with a little butter, and a small quantity 

 of saffron put to it to make it of a yellow colour. 

 In the winter, when the chub is in his prime, a 

 paste made of Cheshire cheese and turpentine is 

 very good, but no bait more killing for him than 

 the pith of an ox or cow's back-bone ; you must 

 take the tough outward skin oft' very carefully, but 

 take particular care that you do not bruise the in- 

 ward skin : also the brains of the above animals 

 are excellent for him. Let your line be very strong, 

 with a quill float on it, strong gut at bottom, the 

 hook No. 3 or 4, the depth, in hot weather, mid- 



* Pin lines are used for this fish. 

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