A TYPICAL PATERNOSTER. 



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size of fish, depth of water, and nature of bottom. To make the 

 typical paternoster (Fig. 14), take 

 a three-yard length of fairly stout 

 gut, and, after well soaking it, 

 make a one-and-a-half -inch loop at 

 one end, and a smaller one at 

 the other. On to the large loop 

 fasten the lead after the method 

 illustrated ; then make a small 

 loop in the gut five inches 

 above the lead, fourteen inches 

 higher a second loop, and four- 

 teen inches higher still a third. 

 The hooks — No. 9 and No. 10 are 

 good general sizes — should be tied 

 or bound on to pieces of gut about 

 6in. or 7in. long. The hooks are 

 then fastened to the paternoster 

 in the following simple manner: 

 The loop on the paternoster is 

 put through the loop of the 

 gut on the hook ; the hook is 

 then put through the loop on 

 the paternoster, and the thing 

 is done. Fig. 15 shows the best 

 method of joining lengths of gut 

 together. Without the silk bind- 

 ing (an idea of Mr. Cholmondeley 

 Pennell) it is the old fisherman's 

 knot, which is very commonly 

 used. In my experience it is un- 

 safe, and has caused me to lose 

 many fish. With the white silk 

 binding the knot is absolutely 

 safe, and also neat. Fig. 16 illus- 

 trates another very good gut knot, 

 which never comes undone, but is 

 not quite so neat as the one shown in Fig. 15. Its great 



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Fig. 14. 

 The Paternoster. 



