. The best Bait for him (most
delightful to him) is the _Red-Worm_ (found in Commons and Chalky
Grounds after Rain) at the root of a great Dock, wrapt up in a round
Clue. He loves also Paste, Flag-Worms, Wasps, Green-Flies, Butter-Flies
and a Grass-hopper, without Legs.

Bait your Ground the Night before with gross-ground Malt, boiled and
strained, and then in the morning with the Red-Worm, bait your Hook, and
plumbing your Ground within half an Inch, Fish.

The _Bleak_, an eager Fish, is caught with all sorts of Worms bred on
Trees or Herbs, also with _Flies_, _Cad-bait_, _Bobs_, _Paste_,
_Sheeps-Blood_, _White Snails_, _Wasps_, _Gnats_, &c. In a warm clear
day the small Fly at the rim of the Water is best; in a Cloudy day,
_Gentles_ or _Cad_-baits two foot in the Water.

The _Bull-head_ or _Millers-Thumb_, being Childrens recreation, I shall
speak little of them, only being serviceable for Baits, I shall only say
he is easily taken with a small Worm, being lazy and simple, and will
swallow any thing; and the _Minnow_, _Loach_, and _Bansticle_ being of
the same diet, I place here too.

The _Chevin_, loveth all sorts of Worms, _Flies_, _Cheese_, _Grain_, and
_Black Worms_, their Bellies being slit, that the White may be seen: And
very much delighteth in the Pith of an Oxes back, the tough outward skin
being carefully taken off, without breaking the inward tender skin. In
the Morning early angle for _Chevins_, with a _Snail_; in the heat of
the day, with some other Bait; in the afternoon with the Fly; the great
_Moth_, with a great Head, yellow Body, and whitish Wings, usually found
in Gardens, about the Evening: The larger the _Chevin_, the sooner
taken; loving his Bait larger, and variety on a Hook.

The _Char_ is a _Lancashire_ Fish, found in a _Mere_, called
_Winander-Mere_ in that Country, the largest in _England_.

For the _Chub_, called by some a _Chevin_, by others a _Villain_. Bait
your Hook with a Grass-hopper, find the hole where he lies, accompanied
in a hot-day, with twenty or more, floating almost on the very
superficies of the Water; choose which you think best, and fairest, and
drop your Hook some two foot before him, and he will bite at it
greedily, and cannot break hold with his _Leather Mouth_; let him play
and tire, lest you break your Line. If you cannot get a _Grass-hopper_,
then any Worm, or Fly you will. In cold Weather, Fish for him near the
bottom, and the _Humble-Bee_ is the best Bait. So