SEA FISHING FROM SMALL BOATS 245 



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METHOD OF ADDING TO OR DECREASING WEIGHT 

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lead as the tidal current increases. If, on 

 the other hand, he is fishing with a. heavy 

 lead and the tide slackens, then he should 

 change it for a lighter lead, for the less the 

 weight on the end of his line, the easier 

 will he feel the bites of the fish and the 

 quicker will he be able to strike and hook 

 them. 



Sea leads are so heavy that it is obvi- 

 ously an advantage to have some arrange- 

 ment to which, instead of changing the 

 entire lead, additions may be made. One 

 very simple method of doing this is to use 

 from one to four or five large bullets with a 

 considerable hole drilled through them, 

 through which the line can easily be passed. 

 The bullet at the end is fixed by simply 

 passing the loop through the bullet and 

 then the bullet through the projecting 



