Striped Bass Fishing 



sure will stop its motion, and so prevent 

 " overrunning." 



Following our friend's suggestion, we 

 will go out on the stand and watch his 

 movements, and thus learn first what is 

 to be done, and then how to do it. He 

 puts on his oiled trousers, to catch the 

 drip of water which always runs off the 

 reel onto knees and legs, and adjusts two 

 thumbs, fingers of crocheted wool, termed 

 " thumb-stalls/' with which' pressure can 

 be put on the reels, without experiencing 

 the burning its rapidly revolving surface 

 would otherwise produce. 



" Tom, have you any chum ready ? " 

 to the " chummer." 



" Ay, ay, sir." 



" Well, throw it out." And Tom runs 

 rapidly out on the planks, which extend 

 out from the shore a distance of thirty to 

 fifty feet, at which point the ends are sup- 

 ported by two iron stanchions embedded 

 in one of the huge bowlders there sub- 

 merged. Upon the ends, about three feet 

 inside, is lashed a wooden chair, secured 

 firmly by staples to the stand ; and after 

 making his cast, here the fisherman takes 

 his seat. Tom throws vigorously out as 

 far as he can all the remains of the fishes 

 he has cut up, heads, tails, and back- 

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