1 8 ELEMENTS OF ANGLING. 



in the flap of the tackle-case, the casts being 

 wound on without them. Fixing the loop at the end 

 of the cast in one of the notches cut for the purpose 

 in the sides of the winder is sometimes a difficulty. 

 The notch may be too big for the gut, or the cast 

 may not be quite long enough to reach it. I get 

 over this by attaching a piece of fine string or thick 

 thread to the loop and fastening off with that. The 

 novice may not have been able to buy split bullets, 

 as they are not common. In that case perforated 

 ones must suffice, and they must be slipped 

 down the cast before the float is put on. If the 

 hole through a bullet is not big enough it can be 

 enlarged with the stiletto in the knife. 



