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MODERN SEA FISHING 



I YA RD GUT 



MODERN PLYMOUTH MACKEREL GEAR 



hauled in, so much the better. 



The more or less circular leads 



are believed not to sheer about 



so much as a boat-shaped 



one, but these latter, so far 

 ^ as my experience goes, have 

 5 little tendency to sheer if cast 



in an even-sided mould and 



fitted truly to the line. 



Three mackerel gears are 



illustrated. The first drawing 



was made from gear provided 



by one of the cleverest fisher- 

 men at Tenby, a place where 



mackerel lining is well 



understood, four or five 



hundred fish sometimes 



being taken by a single 



boat before midday. The 



illustration on this page is of the gear commonly 



used by the Plymouth fishermen, who, it will be 



noticed, now use a corpulent cigar-shaped lead, 



cast on brass or galvanised iron wire, having 



given up their old gear, which was somewhat similar 



SPINNER 

 (ACTUAL Size) 

 USED WITH OR 

 WITHOUT LASKE 



COTTON LINE (ACTUAL S>z] 



