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a fly, the body of green velvet, in size between a 

 hazel and walnut, with a little bit of small brown 

 feather fastened as chance directs, over or under, 

 it is all one, for a wing, the whole wisped up as 

 neatly as a bundle of straw. With this fly, a 

 Belgian officer caught a large chub of four 

 pounds, and many trout and grayling. They dress 

 chub dry in France, and serve it up with sour 

 sauce. This chub, which was said to have been 

 so dressed, was of a very good taste. Piscatory 

 Rambles in France, Sport. Mag. July, 1834. 



THE BLEAK. 



This is a lively, beautiful, small fish : it is 

 generally found in swift rivers, where it delights 

 to rove. Angle for it with a single hair-line, No. 

 12 hook, baited with a gentle, and about a foot 

 deep, or with a house-fly. Bleak are very fond 

 of small black and red ants, at which they bite 

 freely. They also afford excellent diversion by 

 whipping for them with any natural or artificial 

 small fly. As baits, they are very tempting to 

 the jack. Editor. 



