SEA FISHING FROM SMALL BOATS 



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up or down channel with the tide and back again. Fairly light 

 leads can be used, as there is no pressure of water on the 

 lines unless an adverse wind checks the boat. By these 

 means fishing grounds can be worked over which, owing to 

 the fierceness of the tidal current, no small boat could be 

 moored, or where the bait could not be kept near the bottom 

 with leads of reasonable weight so long as the boat was at 

 anchor. 



With regard to hand lines, the most ancient form, and that 

 still most commonly used, consists of a lead and a spreader, from 

 the two ends of which dangle snoodings with hooks. There 



HKARDER S KENTISH RIG 



are several varieties of this tackle ; the best of them is perhaps 

 the Kentish rig, of which an improved form, invented by 

 Mr. Hearder, is illustrated on this page. A loop of line, which 

 the maker would be well advised to make at least five inches 

 in length, holds the lead. On it is a piece of brass piping 

 with rolled edges, and on the piping is the twist of wire 

 the ends of which are prolonged and form the spreaders. 

 By pushing up the piping (which saves the line from friction) 

 the lead is easily unlooped and a heavier or lighter one put 

 in its place. To each end of the spreader should be fixed a 



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