'J*J ANGLING FOR COARSE PISH. 



Gnt, Hair, Knots, and Leads. — Silkworm gut is now 

 more used for tlie lower portions of fishing-lines than any- 

 thing else, but horsehair is preferred for roach-fishing by 

 many London bank anglers who excel in that branch of the 

 art. Gut is manufactured in lengths varying from about 



Fig. 10. Knot (in Three Stages) for Joining Lengths of Gut together. 



lOin. to 20in. It is sold either as it comes from Spain, or 

 else mechanically reduced in thickness by being softened and 

 drawn through metal plates, when it is called, technically, 

 fine-drawn gut. 



For roach-fishing in summer, fine-drawn gut, or haii', must 



