The brandling is a bold little fish, and will rise 

 at a fly large enough for a grilse. They may be 

 angled for with any small flies, and they bite gree- 

 dily at a half-hackle, with a maggot on the point of 

 a hook, which ought to be allowed to sink a little 

 below the surface of the water. A brandling- worm is 

 also a tempting bait for them at all times when 

 they are disposed to feed. Brandlings are numerous 

 in the rivers that discharge themselves into the 

 Solway Frith; and in the Eden, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Carlisle, great numbers are caught every 

 season. Marks similar to those on the brandling- 

 trout may be perceived on the sides of the salmon- 

 fry, when the scales are rubbed off. The par-tail, 

 which is the lower half of a brandling-trout, used 

 in the same manner as in spinning a minnow, is a 

 most excellent bait for pike and large trout; and 

 one more killing the angler cannot use. 



CHAB. 



Char, which are taken in the lakes of Winder- 

 mere, Conistone, and Buttermere, in England, and 

 also in some of the lakes of Scotland and Wales, 

 will sometimes take the fly, and are also angled for 

 with worms, gentles, and cad-bait. They are so 

 seldom taken with the rod, that it is scarcely worth 

 the angler's while trying for them. The best place 

 for angling for case Char, is in the Brathay, at the 

 head of Windermere, which they enter in September, 

 for the purpose of spawning. 



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