sequently you lose the greatest chance of success from 

 the float not sinking quick. Cork floats are made of 

 various sizes and shapes : instead of common quills, 

 some introduce the quill of the porcupine, with a ring 

 at the bottom, which makes an excellent strong float. 

 — Note, some anglers use a large reed float for heavy 

 and rapid streams 3 such floats ought to be made with 

 a ring at the bottom Instead of a cap, because in such 

 waters you must strike with great force, and in so 

 doing you generally break the small cap at the bottom 

 of the float, which causes much trouble and loss of 

 time to repair J sometimes both caps are broken, in 

 which case the float swims away, and is lost. 



PLUGGED FLOATS. 



These kind of floats are the cheapest, and made of 

 indifferent quills, some of them with one goose-quill 

 and a wooden plug at the bottom, from which they take 

 their name : they are very apt to loosen, by the plug 

 coming out. These floats suit the young Angler, from 

 their cheapness, and by being easily put on the line, 

 having a cap at top and a ring at bottom ; but the 

 better informed Angler objects to the ring at bottom, 

 because it does not keep the line close to the float, 

 and from the resistance or hinderance it makes in 

 passing through the water, particularly when the Fish 

 bite fine ; therefore he always uses the tip-capped float 

 in ponds or rivers, where the stream will admit, in pre- 

 ference to every other. 



