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of my own to enable additional leads to be looped on (see Figs. 



32, 33). Any number of these can be added. In pollack fishing 



especially, it is very necessary to 



be able to add to or lessen the 



amount of weight on the line, 



as, during the daytime, it is, as 



a rule, necessary to fish close to 



the bottom, and as the depth 



varies, so must, to a certain 



extent, the leads ; but a great 



deal can be done by merely 



letting out or shortenmg line, 



operations which have the effect 



of sinking or raising the bait 



respectively. The angler should 



never purchase a trace in which 



the lead is not below the level of 



the line, and two swivels placed 



somewhere below the lead. This 



system of weighting a trace has 



been used by sea fishermen for 



many years, but the idea was 



elaborated by the late Francis 



Francis, and more recently by 



Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell, for 



angling in fresh water. Mr. 



Wood's saddle lead, described in 



*' Angling for Pike," is also very 



good. This trace is intended 



for casting out a spinning bait. 



When the bait is merely dragged 



behind the boat, it is as well to 



make the length of gimp below 



the lead 4ft., 5ft., or longer. 



In whifiing or railing for 

 mackerel a single hook is used, 

 to which is caught, by one end, 

 a strip of mackerel skin. Two hooks and two strips of skin. 



