CHAPTER XIII. 



TACKLE FOR THE CARP FAMILY, ETC. 



THERE is very little left to be said on the class of tackle here referred 

 to. The worm and bait fishing for the Salmonidce is but an adapted style 

 of tackle for that used in the pursuit of the coarse fish. In each case it 

 should, however, be borne in mind that the former is even of a finer 

 and more delicate texture than the latter if sport is expected to be at the 

 maximum. 



Whenever any tackle for baits has been of a character adaptable to 

 the Salmonidce the fact has been mentioned. 



The tackle and methods of making it for the whole of the Cyprinidce 

 is of a parcel, and therefore, to put the novice in possession of 

 the entire subject I shall commence with 



TACKLE FOR CARP. 



This consists, as intimated on page 72, of the finest gut 

 compatible with the supposed size of the fish and the skill of 

 the angler. The best size hook is either No. 7 of the Limerick 

 or Bound bent hooks, or a No. 9 of the Sproat make. It 

 should be whipped on with the finest silk, as directed in " How 

 to whip a hook." The float should be of the lightest, as figured 

 on Fig. 17, Nos. 2 or 5, page 403, and either cocked with 

 split shot, or the weight devised as shown in Fig. 17, No. 3 ; 

 of course it is reduced in size, and may be used as there ex- 

 plained, and so fitted on to the line, according to the directions 

 given. As for roach, it is desirable to plumb the depth 

 always, and this is done with a lead plummet of either of the 

 ttoi!?' patterns given (Figs. 78 and 79). Fig. 78 is roll of a lead 



PLUMMET. Q -^ an( j ^e h oo k { B enclosed therein, as represented; Fig. 



79 is of solid lead, with the exception of a three-sided cavity, in which 



