TIGHT-CORKING. 



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as a "tight-corker") put on tlieir lines, lie uses a small 

 bnllet, whicli can slip up the line, but is prevented from going 

 down it by a veiy small shot, bitten 18in. or more 

 above the hook. His plan of working this tackle is very 

 similar to that followed by the aforesaid tight- corkers. Need 

 I explain that tight-corking is sending float tackle down 

 stream to a certain point, and there checking it, a foot or 

 more of gut being on the bottom (see also page 78). My 

 friend's method is, as I said, similar, but better. He chose a 

 swim where the bottom was very uneven, and where the stream, 

 owing to a prominence in the bank, set out a little, and formed a 

 small eddy. The eddy was almost full of water lilies, and 



Fig. 21. Fishing with Leger Float Tackle on Edge of Eddy. 



just on the edge of the stream, about 2ft. from the 

 lilies, he cast in his tackle and waited patiently for results. 

 When plumbing the depth, he so arranged the float that 

 the distance from the float to the bullet was a few inches 

 more than the distance from the surface of the water to the 

 bottom. The depth was about 8ft.; had it been more, he 

 would have been obliged to use a slider float (see page 26). A 

 glance at the sketch (Fig. 21) will give a fairly good idea of 

 the position of the tackle. My friend's bait is a good- sized 

 lump of paste, which he is careful to mould on to the hook (a 

 short-shanked No. 6 Round Bend) in such a way that the point 

 comes through with the slightest touch (see Fig. 22). 



