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MODERN SEA FISHING 



desirable to have a gut 

 snood between the swivels 

 and the hooks. 



For fish which are found 

 at a little distance from the 

 bottom, the paternosters re- 

 ferred to on pp. 238 and 

 241 are admirable tackles, 

 fishing at different depths. 

 A paternoster for use on a 



hand line can be made up with the hook links 

 placed any distance apart the fisherman pleases. 

 In a heavy current where the water is deep, one 

 of the best gears is simply a boat-shaped lead 

 with a long snood bearing one or two hooks below 

 it. But I rather prefer to stick to the paternoster, 

 merely varying it to meet the case by prolonging 

 the lower hook link to a fathom or thereabouts. 

 There is really no object in having 

 a large number of different forms 

 of tackle where one will do. In 

 a very powerful current which 

 would be otherwise unfishable, 

 a small grapnel may be substi- 

 tuted for the lead. This if 

 lowered quickly grips the bottom 



NORTH SEA HAND- LINE HOOK AND PLAITED LOOP (ACTUAL SI/E) 



