22 ANGLING IN SALT WATER. 



"by Messrs. Warner and Sons, of Redditcli. Inside tlie gimp, 

 surrounded by silk, are one or more strands of fine wire, made 

 of a patent composition whicli does not corrode, and possesses 

 great tensile strength. I have tested some of this gimp, and 

 find it bears a strain nearly double that borne by the best 

 ordinary gimp of the same gauge. It probably has a great 

 future before it for sea-fishing purposes, for the ordinary gimp 

 is most unreliable stuff, and even when made with pure silk, 

 which is not often, can never be depended upon after a few 

 weeks' use. The Patent Gimp is first-rate for conger and hake 



hooks. The gauges of gimp are 

 shown in Fig. 19. No. 00 in 

 the Patent Gimp will be found 

 strong enough for fish up to 

 ^ M ^ 201b.; for conger, No. lor No. 2 



^ should be used. Gimp cannot 



Fmz 7 ^^ " I "" ■'■' (^ be tied ; the loops have to 



^** ^® made by turning the end 



4 . ^ i i iii 'mi ii 'i i in i m" i iiii i rii iiiii ii ii ii ii i iiiii'i i i iiiii(^ round, and binding with silk 



,,^^^ ^ or thread. As I have already 



^ " ^ '"'"'"' ""'"-■"-•' I n-TTnn(^ %2^A, thc patemostcr tackle 



admits of much modification. 

 If the water is very deep, the 

 lowest hook may be 18in. from 

 the lead, and the other hooks 

 2ft. or more apart; if the bottom is very rocky and foul, 

 the lowest hook must be put at such a height from the lead 

 that it does not catch on the bottom; and, on the other 

 hand, if the bottom is of sand or mud, and flat fish are 

 expected, the lowest hook should be on lOin. or 12in. of 

 gut, and be looped on close to the lead, so that the bait on 

 that hook lies on the bottom. There is one disadvantage in 

 making loops on the vertical gut portion of the paternoster; 

 it, to a certain extent, fixes the places where the hooks are 

 to be. A plan I often adopt myself, especially when the main 

 portion of the paternoster is of salmon gut, is to make no 

 loops, but to fasten on the hooks just above a knot, in the 

 manner shown in Fig. 20. The hooks may then be put 



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Fig. 19. Gauges of Gimp. 



