38 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER, 



I have now described such fish of the trut- 

 taceous kind as are known in England ; but 

 there are others which will give sport to the 

 angler, both with flies and ground-baits, 

 which are the Chub or Chevin, the Dace or 

 Dare, the Roach, and the Bleak ; the ac- 

 count of which will follow in the next chap- 

 ter. I might add to these, the Smelt, which 

 is to be met with in rivers near the sea ; and 

 the Flounder, which is to be taken with min- 

 nows, worms, &c. but being generally esteem- 

 ed inhabitants of the salt water, and univer- 

 sally known, I shall omit giving a particular 

 account of them. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

 THE CHUB, OR CHEVIN, 



JL HE Chub is of a longer make than the 

 Carp, and has a larger and flatter head than 

 a Dace; the back is of an obscure green, like 

 an unripe olive. It is bred in rivers, and 



