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so, then larger hooks are necessary. A 

 capital plan is to use hooks of two 

 sizes : large ones with herring, mackerel, 

 squid, pilchard, or other bait, for big- 

 mouthed fish ; and smaller ones, baited 

 with lugworms or mussels, for flat and 

 other small-mouthed fish. 



It is a good plan, indeed almost 

 necessary, to have a very large swivel 

 between the lead and the portion of 

 line bearing the hooks. Such a one, 

 for instance, as that illustrated in 

 connection with the ocean tackle in 

 Chapter IX. The more expensive 

 lines, made for amateurs, are fitted with 

 a swivel on each snooding. If a trot 

 is laid near rocks, and large congers 

 are likely to visit the hooks, it is most 

 certainly advisable to have a heavy 

 weight at both ends, and to have a 

 swivel on each snood. 

 The trot then becomes 

 a paradoxical piece of 

 tackle a short long- 

 line. Indeed, long lines 

 are frequently called 



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