ON TACKLE 



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Roller Ringed 

 Sea Rod 



This tackle gives a straight pull on the hooked 

 fish and is specially useful for slack water, as the 

 baits are kept free from entanglement. Some anglers 

 fish with the upper snoods longest ; personally, 

 however, if fishing for cod and whiting, I 

 should prefer the lower cross-piece close to 

 the bottom and the snoods of the lower hooks 

 twice as long as those ofthe hooks above. 



In a heavy run of tide such tackle should 

 not be used, as the cross-pieces offer too much 

 resistance to the current. 



As regards the line best suited 

 to sea angling, opinions seem to 

 greatly differ. Thus more than 

 one writer assures us that sea-water 

 rots silk, hence lines of this material 

 are not to be used in the sea. One 

 writer recommends " highly dressed 

 pike lines" as " very good for the 

 work." Hemp, and flax, and cotton 

 are most commonly used, although 

 the great fault of such lines is their 

 great thickness if sufficiently strong. 

 The writer has found silk quite 

 durable enough if dressed with 

 some preparation of paraffin, either 

 I JU crude or purified.* Such a line, 



<fl say, of square solid-plaited No. 

 3 or 4 Nottingham is quite strong 

 enough to hold a strong fish, picks 

 up but little water, and lasts for at 

 least two years if any care be taken 

 of it. It occupies a middle position 

 between the flax or hemp lines 

 and those to be mentioned in the 

 i*ei 1 i 8 done e next parzgraph. 



The writer is inclined to think that the 



* An excellent silk line dressed with Ozokerit has been placed 

 on the market at a moderate price by Messrs. Carter & Co. On 

 one of medium thickness a skate of 1711bs. was landed this year. 



