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AN ANGLER'S YEAR 



reason proved to be useless for the purpose for which 

 they had been invented (namely, that of allowing the 

 main line to run through them when the fish pulled, 

 without the lead being moved). Mr. Parker's 

 own ingenious pendulum boom to a certain 

 extent allowed the fish to run with the bait without 

 feeling a check, but at the same time possessed the 

 defect that until the fish had run to the end of his 



Fig. 15. Jephoott Treble- 

 Swivel. 



Fig. 16. The Author's Long 



Boom Straight-Pull Catch 



Paternoster, for Pier Fishing 



and Slack Water. 



tether no indication of a bite was conveyed to the angler. 

 Mr. Parker's argument, moreover, overlooked the fact 

 that a greater pendulum already existed, composed of 

 the rod-point, the line, and the lead ; and he does not 

 appear to have remarked that hardly any check was 

 caused to a feeding fish by the lead, if such were 

 properly adjusted, as such a load requires but a 

 minimum pull to drag it down tide off the bottom. 



In the department of bottom tackle proper, the old 

 Kentish rig of boom has, during the last year or two, 



