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cork (a champagne cork for choice), and then paring 

 away the cork till the lead just sinks the cork, but the 

 cork supports the lead on the bottom. (Fig. 30). There 

 is another reason against the use of the ledger, namely, 

 that in very weedy lakes it is difficult to cast a ledger with 

 sufficient accuracy to ensure its not being smothered in 

 weeds. Its advantages over the light float tackle are 

 tremendous ; firstly, it can be cast very much farther 



Fig. 31. Non-foul- 

 ing Float. 



A. Line B. Rubber 

 Cap. C. Float, 



Fig. 32. Triangle baited with 

 small Potato. 



out ; secondly, it can be used of stouter materials with- 

 out scaring the fish ; and thirdly, there is little 

 or nothing to hitch. If a pipe-lead, such as recom- 

 mended for bream-fishing, be used instead of the 

 ordinary round bullet, the weight is not so liable to 

 bury itself and the bait with it. There remains, how- 

 ever, two other methods which the writer has found 

 particularly useful. 



The most important of these is heavy float fishing, 

 and for this special apparatus should be used, consisting 

 of a strong, springy greenheart rod about 12 feet long ; a 

 Nottingham reel carrying 40 yards of dressed line about 



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