HAND-LINES OCCASIONALLY NECESSABY. 3 



Lest I should be taken to advise that fine tackle should 

 always be used for sea fish, I may as well say here that there 

 are occasions when, owing to the depth of water and strength 

 of tide, strong tackle and very heavy leads become necessary, 

 no forms of which can be better, under the circumstances, 

 than those used by the professional fisherman. An excellent 

 and exhaustive work on sea fishing exists in Mr. Wilcocks' 

 " Sea Fisherman." It should be read by everyone, whether 

 sea fisherman or angler in salt water. 



These few remarks are, I think, sufficient introduction. 

 What follows is purely of a practical nature, unexpanded by 

 anything the least in the nature of padding, and will, I hope, 

 prove acceptable to the reader, to whom, Good Sport! 



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