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and fitted with a winch and running tackle ; for, when 

 first hooked, Mr Chub makes a desperate effort to 

 escape. He, however, soon tires, and cries " enough." 

 The best plan of baiting with live insects will be found 

 in the chapter on "fishing with the natural fly." To 

 the bottom-fisher the chub is also an object of attrac- 

 tion in consequence of the sport he affords. He is, how- 

 ever, shyer, if possible, than the roach, and requires fine 

 tackle to delude him. In the earlier months of the year 

 the chub prefers a red worm. They are also fond of 

 gentles and cheese paste, or little pellets of tallow and 

 cheese, flavoured slightly with musk. I may here mention, 

 that gentles from a dead rat are held to be more killing 

 than any others in consequence of their musky odour. The 

 chub likes a fair-sized bait better than a small one. The 

 spinal-cord of a bullock, if in convenient bits, wUl entice 

 liim, particularly if bullock's or sheep's brains have been 

 used as a ground-bait. Greaves (see Table of Baits) are 

 used as ground-bait, and the whiter pieces kept for the 

 hook. The hook itself may be tipped with a live gentle, 

 dnd care must be taken that the greaves will not prevent 

 the fish being hooked when struck, in consequence of their 

 toughness and firmness. In the very early spring he some- 

 times will bite at a minnow or small frog ; but as the fish, 

 when caught, is one of the worst fish possible for the table, 

 he is not much sought after. 



The Bbeam is a common fish in all the rivers that fall 

 into the fenny counties, or flow through marshy ground. 

 They spawn late in June or early in July, and rapidly 

 multiply and grow to a large size. They are broad, ugly, 

 and coarse, and have been likened to a pair of beUows. 

 They bite freely, but they have no little cunning, and it 



