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ANGLING IN SALT WATEE. 



passes througli the loop. Each turn 

 over the end of the silk laid along 

 the shank, which should now be 

 pulled tight. This is most diffi- 

 cult to describe on paper, but 

 will, I hope, be understood by the 

 engraving (Fig. 10). It is the usual 

 method of fastening off bindings on 

 hooks, or near the ends of rods, 

 &c. Where a piece of binding has 

 to be done in the middle of a rod^ 

 the same fastening is made in a 

 different manner {see Fig. 11). A 

 round piece of wood, such as a 

 penholder (the finger will do), is 

 laid along the thing bound, and 

 three turns taken with the silk 



of the silk also passes 



Fig. 10. 

 Finish Off of Whipping. 



over penholder and all. 

 The end of the silk is 

 passed under the three 

 turns of silk, the pen- 

 holder is then with- 

 drawn, and the silk 

 tightened. The process 

 is extremely simple, and 

 every angler should 



Fig. 11. Finish Off of Whip- 

 PING IN Middle of Rod. 



know it. The best way of fastening 

 gimp to a conger or hake hook, is to 

 pass the end through the eye of the 

 hook, and bind it on with strong, waxed 

 thread, or soft copper wire. 

 A useful invention in connection with fio. 12. Sliced Hook. 



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