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ordinary purposes. They were made by Messrs. Warner & Sons, 

 of Redditch. Perhaps experience will prove that some modi- 

 fication of their shape will be an advantage. But as they 

 stand they are thoroughly practical pieces of tackle. 



A swivel boom of brass wire, much favoured by anglers 

 who frequent Deal, is illustrated opposite. It does not give 

 the double motion, the wire bends under 

 A the weight of a big fish, and the boom 



itself, so far as my experience goes, is un- 

 necessary. 



Another word as to swivels. These 

 are most needed on the hook link, for very 

 often the bait, particularly if a piece of 

 pilchard or other fish, will slowly twist in 

 the current. A small fish when hauled up 

 out of the deep water frequently spins 

 round and round, and would kink up the 

 hook link unless there were a swivel to 

 prevent it. In shallow water where the 

 current is slight neither swivels nor booms 

 are required, unless it be, indeed, a swivel 

 (to remove kinks from a twisted line) be- 

 tween the running line and the top of the 

 paternoster ; but in deepish water, and 

 wherever there is much stream or current, 

 I would always advise the use of the 

 swivel to prevent the hook links being twisted. It should 

 hardly be necessary for me to say that steel swivels should 

 never be used in salt water, brass being infinitely preferable, 

 though not so strong as phosphor bronze. Bright brass 

 swivels should be dulled by being placed for a few minutes in 

 a solution of hyposulphite of soda, or by means of sulphur 

 fumes. 



A NEW 



PATERNOSTER 



SWIVEL 



