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chub, so that there is nothing to prevent the hooks 

 taking firm hold, and a fish is rarely missed with 

 cherry-bait. It is best to throw in a handful of 

 cherries before fishing, the fish do not sicken of 

 them as they do of cheese or greaves. For a 

 change, I sometimes turn the cherry inside out, or 

 leave the halves hanging loose, a good dodge. I 

 have had success with white gooseberries when I 

 could not get cherries. 



If you fish a weir where there is a back eddy 

 near the fall in the corners of the pool that will 

 permit the bait to rest on the bottom without en- 

 tanglement, good sport may be obtained with a 

 light leger or by tight corking. By " light " leger, 

 I mean a leger with a light bullet. Tight corking 

 is so called to distinguish between a travelling float, 

 on the line or along the stream, and a float held in 

 one position at a certain distance from the angler. 

 I have killed scores of chub by tight corking and 

 legering in these back eddies in weirs, taking care 

 to keep out of sight as much as possible. The 

 angler, to fish these corner eddies in 

 proper position, leaves the weir-platform 

 and fishes from bank or punt, throwing in towards 

 the weir itself. In the early season, some of the 

 very largest chub lurk in these eddies, and the 

 angler should not neglect to try these spots. To 

 avoid loss of tackle, a plummet may be dragged 

 across the eddy, simply attached to the running 

 line ; this will show obstructions, though it should 

 not be done just before fishing if it can possibly be 

 avoided ; the less disturbance, the better. In tight 

 corking, a thin float should be used, as it is not washed 

 about so much by the stream. With a shotted 

 tackle the depth from float to bait requires careful 



