230 MODERN SEA FISHING 



When fishing in the fairway where vessels are frequently 

 passing and it is necessary for a small boat to get out of the 

 road in a hurry, it occasionally happens that there is not suffi- 

 cient time to haul up the anchor or stone. To prevent both 

 anchor and cable being lost, it is a capital plan in such situa- 

 tions to have something buoyant, such as a large tin can, fixed 

 to the end of the cable so that it may be cast overboard, and 

 recovered after the danger has passed. Of course this cannot 

 be done if chain cable is used. 



I propose in this chapter to deal with the three methods of 



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SENDING MESSENGERS DOWN TO THE ANCHOR 



fishing which are principally carried on from small boats. In 

 the first place, fishing on the bottom with more or less heavy 

 leads ; secondly, fishing at or about midwater with drift lines 

 (lightly leaded lines which are carried out by the tidal current); 

 and thirdly, whirring or trailing a bait on lightly leaded lines 

 behind a boat which is rowed or sailed along. Finally, there 

 will be a few remarks on hand lining. 



When I first wrote my little treatise, ' Angling in Salt Water,' 

 I did not think sea anglers would ever venture to use 2-lb. 

 leads when fishing with a rod, nor until recently have I done 



