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Clements' ledger boom and various direct-pull paternoster 

 booms, of which the Diamond boom (Figs. 12 and 13) 

 has in the hands of the author 

 proved most satisfactory. This 

 last-mentioned little appliance 

 has as its chief advantage its 

 simplicity and shortness, a 

 long boom for boat fishing 

 being usually a mistake, save 

 and except at dead slack 

 water when long booms and 

 snoods are of undoubted value. 

 The author is at present work- 

 ing on a long boom pater- 

 noster which is released and 

 gives a straight pull when the 

 fish bites. (Fig. 14.) Of other 

 forms, that sold by Farlow's 

 as Kirby's Straight Pull is 

 very good, as is also the treble 

 swivelled arrangement of Mr. 

 Jephcott, of Margate, de- 

 scribed later in this book. 

 With all sea fishing tackle 

 the difficulty has been found 

 to be that if fish are not 

 feeding freely they feel the 

 check of the lead before the 

 bait is properly in their 

 mouths, and are inclined to 

 spit the lure out as soon as 

 they feel any resistance. As 

 was so ably pointed out by 

 Mr. A. W. Parker, in his lec- 

 ture before the British Sea FIg . 14 . K11?by straight 

 Anglers' Society in 1898, no Patemoter. 



form of ledger, in any depth 



of water or run of current, will permit of the line 

 running through the lead. Several forms of boom 

 invented by clever sea-anglers were also for the same 



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