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is recommended ; for they possess so much elasticity that the 

 fish is played on them almost as if it were on a rod. 



In the chapter on Ocean Fishing a clever gear is described, 

 which enables fish of one or even two hundredweight to be 

 hooked and held while the vessel continues her course. 

 There seems no reason why similar gear, on a much smaller 

 scale, should not be used for pollack and bass fishing from 

 yachts. Another method of meeting the first pull of a fish on 



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an otherwise more or less rigid line is to take a piece of round, 

 solid indiarubber about eighteen inches in length and join the 

 two ends of it to two points in the line 3 ft. 6 in. apart. When 

 a fish seizes the bait the rubber stretches to the extent allowed 

 by the line, and no more. 



It is difficult to lay down any exact rules as to the length 

 and consistence of the snooding. The bigger the lead, the 

 longer the snooding should be, but in no case less than six 



