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verse. Dace are generally found together in the 

 deepest parts of rivers, with gravelly and sandy 

 bottoms ; if fished for with flies, they should be a 

 little under water. Bainbridge's Fly Fisher. 



Dr. Block informs us that dace has been taken 

 eighteen inches in length. In France they are 

 sometimes found a foot long, and when the 

 marshes on the Oder were dried up, the quantity 

 left, of roach, was so great, that the neighbour- 

 ing villages fed their hogs with them. 



CHUB. 



The chub, though not much esteemed as food, 

 yet affords the young angler excellent sport, as it 

 may be taken with a variety of baits. Several 

 methods are employed for their capture, which 

 may be practised with great success, always bear- 

 ing in mind that this fish is very shy. You may 

 return to the same holes where you began, and 

 obtain sport ; when once hooked, being leather- 

 mouthed, you are sure of your fish. The angler 



