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DIBBING FOR CHUB. 



dibbing for grayling and chub. The former fish 

 will take an artificial grasshopper well, by sinking 

 it in the water and drawing it up gently to the 

 surface. The natural insect is the best, however, 

 for chub. Underneath is a representation of an 

 angler intent on dibbino; for chub. 



You see the angler is hiding himself as much as 

 he can, and thinking that there are fish peering 

 from beneath the leaves on the surface of the 

 water, he drops his bait first on one of those 

 leaves, and then by a sliding motion causes it to 

 slip off, and fall on the water. The fish taking 

 this fall as a natural one is not scared, but seizes 

 the bait boldly. Practise a similar ruse whenever 



