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5 TO 8tbs 



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Sin, 



fifteen or twenty fathoms fish 

 are not so observant of coarse 

 tackle as they would be in 

 four or five fathoms. Out 

 in open waters, too, there is 

 generally more or less of a sea 

 which diminishes the light 

 below the surface. 



Suppose, now, we are fish- 

 ing a very deep place where 

 such heavy leads are required that a hand 

 line must be brought into requisition ; the 

 exact form of tackle to be used should 

 depend on the variety of fish which are 

 about. For bottom-feeding fish, if the 

 tidal, current is not strong, there is nothing 

 much better than the Kentish rig, which has 

 been illustrated and described on pages 

 265-6. It is as well to have a swivel on 

 each end of the spreader, and, as I have 

 said, when fishing for whiting it is most 



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