and sew either end about a broom stick, the net 

 stretched between the two sticks, the handles of the 

 latter serving as such. With the net stretched the 

 full length, one party places it into shallow swift 

 water below a large well-planted rock, which a second 

 person displaces. The rapidly washing current conveys 

 sand, mud, and helg^amites, which usually rest under- 

 neath the stone, into the net which is quickly raised 

 and the captured insects are taken from the meshes 

 to which they adhere. When the weather is clear 

 and the water warm the helgjamite makes an excellent 

 bait for bass, but it should always be alive and 

 kicking and not allowed to remain on the bottom of the 

 stream, as it will make for the rocks or rubbish and 

 hide itself securely. The idea is to keep it moving 

 by using a line with a very light sinker, if any, while, 

 if conditions are good, it can be used for casting as 

 with the fly. The best all-around live bait for the 

 Potomac bass is the chub, a small scale fish, keen of 

 vision, and as wild and difficult to capture as the 

 brook trout. At the shade of a rod or shadow of a 

 moving figure the chub will dart away or under the 

 stones. This pretty and hardy little fish makes up 

 stream usually in the morning or evening in shallow, 

 rippling, swift water, hence the name "Swift Water 

 Chub." An expert with a short elastic rod, thread 

 line with small shot sinker and the most diminutive 

 hook made, a joint of hel^amite or piece of worm 

 for bait, will catch a dozen chubs in a short time. 

 Great caution must be practiced to hook them. The 

 bait should be moved from place to place, just beneath 

 the surface of the swift rippling water^ the sports- 

 man being quick to snag the fish when it strikes at 

 the hook. The chub is long-lifed and very active, 



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