28 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



assortment of tackle as will enable you to 

 be prepared for all times, seasons, and cir- 

 cumstances ; and a true brother of the craft 

 will find much to amuse him in the exercise 

 of his ingenuity in making and repairing 

 lines and flies, and in the orderly disposition 

 of the materials of his art. 



Of these the following is a list : Rods for 

 salmon-fishing, trolling, spinning the min- 

 now, or bleak, fly-fishing, and angling at the 

 bottom, and wincles or reels for running 

 tackle ; hooks, from No. 4 to No. 12, tied on 

 gut, hooks, from No. 10 to No. 13, tied on 

 hair, and loose hooks of all sizes ; paternos- 

 ters for perch, shoemaker's wax and sew- 

 ing silk, floats of various sizes, and caps for 

 floats, split shot, and plummets for taking 

 the depth of the water ; disgorger, clearing- 

 ring, and drag ; landing-net, gaff, and kettle 

 for live fish ; gentle-box and bags for 

 worms; a fishing-basket, creel, or game- 

 pouch, pair of pliers, a pair of scissors, pen- 



