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ephemerae. Fly-fishing for bream can certainly 

 be recommended, as it affords a decidedly lively 

 change to the more patient methods frequently 

 pursued. 



" The Chub has the same fault as the York- 

 shireman's horse he is bad to catch, and no good 

 when caught." Such is the character given to 

 this, another cousin of the carp. Although per- 

 haps not the best comparison to institute, the 

 chub in its habits somewhat resembles the char. 

 Like that fish it stays at the bottom of its haunt 

 in winter, rising to the warmer water in summer. 

 It is withal a shy and wary fish, and the successful 

 chub-angler must be a subtle fisher indeed. Just 

 as the larger trout, screened by overhanging 

 boughs, lie in the shady holes in summer, wait- 

 ing for insect food, so does the chub. And this 

 habit has suggested the same mode of fishing for 

 the two species. The trout is " dibbed " for with 

 a bluebottle-fly, and the chub is quite unable to 

 resist a cockchafer. " Dibbing " consists of fish- 

 ing with a bait at the end of a short line, from 

 some tree or overhanging rock, the bait barely 

 touching the water ; and in this way very large 

 fish are often taken. Great care has to be 

 exercised, however, as no liberties can be taken 

 with chub. An unusual shadow, the sight of rod 

 or line, will each drive down the shoal to the cool 



