146 MODERN SEA FISHING 



fish and given a twist to make it spin, a piece of indiarubber 

 band or tubing, a few feathers and wool from an old rug 

 these and many more simple and easily obtained materials can 

 be made up into killing sea-fish baits. The things that anglers 

 should never be without are hooks and leads of various weights, 

 swivels, gut, and gimp. With these, he ought to be able to make 

 almost any tackle he may require, perhaps not so neatly as that 

 which he can buy, but certainly more lasting. Not that I wish 

 to disparage bought tackle, though the fastenings-off are not 

 always the best, and hooks not always tested. But in outlandish 

 places, hundreds of miles from tackle-shops, the exercise of a 

 little ingenuity and trouble on the part of the angler will often 

 make all the difference between a good day's fishing and a bad 

 one, between a full and an empty creel. 



