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MODERN SEA FISHING 



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LKGER FOR BASS, ETC 



the rod is at once notified of the 

 bite. There is in practice very little 

 difference between this tackle and 

 the paternoster illustrated on p. 243, 

 in which the lowest hook link is 

 prolonged to a yard or more ; and 

 as it is hardly necessary to use two 

 kinds of tackle when one will do, I 

 have for some time almost given up 

 the use of the leger. 



There are times, however, when 

 the fish appear to pick up the bait 

 delicately and swim off with it a 

 short distance before taking it so 

 far into their mouths that, on the 

 angler striking, the hook will lay 

 hold. If any resistance is offered, as 

 by a fixed lead, the fish drops the 

 bait. In such cases the leger is 

 a decided advantage, though the 

 caution of the fish may often be 

 overcome by simply using a smaller 

 hook, with bait in proportion. Many 

 bites are missed owing to the bait 

 being too large for the hook. A very 

 simple leger can be made by placing 

 a leger lead, or indeed any lead of 

 the right weight, with a hole through 

 it on to the casting line, up which 

 it may freely travel, its downward 

 course being restrained by the knot 

 fastening the line to the yard or 

 more of snooding. A clever leger 



