1 6 ELEMENTS OF ANGLING. 



break in two ; but it can generally be " eased " out 

 by a succession of gentle tugs. A small tub or box 

 filled with fairly moist earth is the best thing to 

 keep a stock of worms in. A few can easily be 

 taken out as they are wanted and put in moss for 

 a day or two before fishing. Dead ones should be 

 thrown away at once. 



The novice now has both tackle and bait, and is 

 ready to go fishing; but it is just as well for him to 

 make up his gut lines before he does so, as that is 

 a thing which is most comfortably done at home. 

 In its dry state gut is rather brittle and apt to 

 crack, therefore he begins by putting four of his 

 casts (one thick, two medium, and one fine) and 

 four hooks (two large and two small) into cold 

 water, so that they may soak. After ten minutes he 

 takes out one of the medium casts and a large hook, 

 unwinds the one and attaches the other to it by 

 joining the two loops, thus : The cast loop is passed 

 through the hook loop and then the hook is passed 

 through the cast loop and the two lengths of gut 

 are pulled tight. Next one of the split shot is 

 pinched on to the cast just above the loop, about 

 i Sin. from the hook (I always perform the pinching 

 with my teeth, and have been sternly rebuked for it 

 more than once. Tiny pairs of tweezers are sold 

 as a corrective to this habit. Video . . .pro- 



