CHAPTER 11. 



TACKLE. 



A Useful Outfit — General Bod — Rings and Fittings — Fly-rod — 

 Lines — Reels and Winches — Gaff-hooh — Landing-net — HooTes 

 — The Paternoster — Gut — Crimp — Knots — Modifications 

 of the Paternoster — the Sea Leger — Heavy and Light Float 

 Tackle — Spinning, Trailing, Whiffing, and Railing Tackle 

 — Sundries. 



[E tackle required by the angler in salt 

 water depends, of course, on tlie nature of 

 tlie locality, and the fish he proposes to 

 catch. If the available fishing is in a 

 shallow harbour, heavy leads and long, 

 coarse lines will, of course, not be required ; 

 while, on the other hand, if the fishing 

 is from a boat, where the water is very 

 deep, and the tide runs strongly, light paternoster tackle 

 may be found quite useless. Before visiting a strange place, 

 it is as well to write to one of the local hotel-keepers 

 or fishmongers, and ask him for information concerning 

 the fishing from the shore, pier-head, quay, or off the 

 coast, as the case may be. Such informants, being in- 

 terested in attracting visitors, are sometimes apt to 

 exaggerate a little, so that the information gained is not 

 always so reliable as could be wished; but having made due 

 allowance for this, sufficient knowledge of the place will 

 usually be obtained to give a fair idea of the tackle required. 



