TACKLE FOR THE CARP FAMILY, ETC. 



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and of a bend which is not satisfactory from any point of view. Some good 

 fine-wired hooks have been sent me by Mr. Gregory, of Vyse-street, Bir- 

 mingham, the manufacturer of which I do not know. They are capitally 

 tempered, and great attention has been 



paid to the sharpening of them. Too / 



great attention cannot be paid to the 

 points, and it is astonishing how little 

 the patterns have varied. The adop- 

 tion of my style of hook will, I am 

 convinced, sufficiently satisfy the 

 angler. 



TACKLE FOB PERCH. 



This approximates to that necessary 

 for the Esocidce and the Salmonidce. 

 The style of fishing for perch is usually 

 by live baiting with a minnow, but oc- 

 casionally a spoon bait or a spinning 

 minnow will take them. These have 

 been shown in the foregoing pages. The 

 paternoster, to which I have referred, 

 may, however, be here shown the 

 reader with advantage (Fig. 87). It 

 will be seen to be composed of a length 

 of gut or fine gimp, to which gut or 

 gimp- tied hooks are attached at in- 

 tervals. At the lower end is a plum- 

 met, and the whole is worked with a 

 slow " sink and draw" motion. All 

 other spinning and live tackles have 

 been shown before. Ordinary stout 

 float tackle, with No. 6 or 7 hooks on 

 either this or the paternoster, are the 

 most suitable. A small triangle, when 

 the fish are biting freely, is often use- 

 ful, but it is difficult to take from its 

 hold, though extremely sure. 



In the Broads of Norfolk a pater- 

 noster is sometimes used with a float, and there is thus a taut line 

 between it and the lead. As there is no stream, the float is not pulled 

 under the surface by the force of the moving water. 



FlG - 



PATKBNOSTBB, 



