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most killing bait for good trout, and the meal worm also ; and 

 among grubs may be named the wasp grub, a most destructive and 

 pernicious bait Cock-chafers, snails, small frogs, and bullock's 

 brains, are good baits for various fish, particularly chub ; and 

 cheese will attract both chub and barbel. A large Palmer fly may 

 now be used under the boughs for chub, and until the end of 

 September. 



AUGUST. "With any run of water salmon flies take a step 

 in the ascendant, and grilse flies require attention. For trout, the 

 orange fly, and the cinnamon, a fly similar to the sand fly, but 

 larger, are the only novelties. But fly fishing has long been con- 

 fined to the evening, not to say night, when a dish offish is desi- 

 rable upon well fished rivers ; and the moths grey, mealy, and 

 brown, do good service in July and August The baits need 

 scarcely any alteration from last month. 



SEPTEMBER. Of this month much may be said that 

 occurs in the last. The willow fly and the blue bottle will some- 

 times allure a fish or two, but evening moths are the only reliable 

 attraction. Lob worms will now come into play for barbel, chub, 

 and bream those taken from grass plots are the best and hardest ; 

 they should be well scoured and bright Dace and gudgeon will 

 be used for spinning for jack ; these should not be too large as yet, 

 and probably when pater-nostering with a small gudgeon for perch, 

 the angler uses as attractive a bait for jack as any. 



OCTOBER. Fly fishing is over, and bait fishing is the same 

 as for last month. Frogs, mice, and a variety of such matters, 

 will be found desirable for pike, where small fish cannot be obtained. 

 The angler should lay in a good stock of minnows and pike baits, 

 as, should floods set in, he may not be able to get them. 



NOVEMBER. Same as last month. But if worms be 

 scarce for barbel, and an early run of lampern should come, (on 

 the Thames particularly), chopped up into small pieces, they make 

 admirable bait for large barbel. Baits for pike should be larger 

 and more showy ; cold weather enlarges the pike's capabilities. 



DECEMBER. The best baits for this month, are a glass of 

 hot toddy, a pipe of good bird's eye, a cheerful friend, or a rum- 

 mage over flies, tackle, and rods. Jack, perch, and roach, however, 

 will all, at times, take, if the weather be open. 



ON GENERAL FLIES. 



Every one has some fancy in this respect. The very best 

 general fly that we have ever known produced, is, without doubt, 

 the Francis fly ; we do not say this from any boast or sense of 

 mere exultation, but, because experience from all parts, not only 

 of the United Kingdom, but from the Continent also, has shown 

 it to be so throughout the past season. It has killed upon all sorts 

 of rivers all kinds of fish that take the fly from March to Septem- 



