FISHING TACKLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 



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SECTION 7 BOTTOM-WATER AND BAIT FISHING. 



Very little so-called "bottom-fishing" is practiced in this 

 country, but it seems likely that the Bull-head, Sucker, Eel, 

 and several other useful fishes, might be more readily made 

 to render sport, if a little more attention were paid to their 

 methods of capture. 



Take for example the Bull-head: There is a right and a 

 wrong way of putting on the worm for this fish. It should 

 be threaded right up the center, though I am aware that 



Fig. 55- 

 when they are freely biting it matters little how the bait is 

 affixed. For bait-fishing for Trout, the best tackle is that 

 shown at fig. 55, and the way to adjust the wriggling worni 

 is as shown in fig. 56. 



Ordinarily, the best sinker is a round shot; but in the case 



Fig. 56. 

 of fishing in a swift stream, the leaden sinker shown at fig. 57 

 is far superior. When a fish bites it draws the line in the 

 direction of the arrow, and the fisherman at the opposing end 



