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which are long-shanked, slightly curbed, and strongly 

 eyed. For the upper two hooks Minchin's whiting hook 

 is most convenient. It is No. 10 new scale. 



In Deal fishing the best system to pursue is to fish on 

 the bottom when the tide is running, hence ledger ; and 

 off the bottom when the tide is slack, hence paternoster. 

 Just, however, as the tide eases, or as it again begins to 



Fig. 30. 



(1) Clement's Boom with Pear-shaped Lead. 



(2) As Paternoster. (3) As combined Paternoster and Ledger. 



draw gently through, the cod feed best; and then, I am of 

 opinion, the best tackle is the Kentish-rig boom described 

 in the chapter on tackle (Fig. 40). The paternoster 

 should be made of plaited gut, not twisted, and the hook 

 link for the lowest hook, which may well be IJft. to 2ft. 

 long, should be of the same material. In the summer 

 time the other hook links may be of single salmon gut ; 

 indeed, the author rarely uses anything else even during 

 the winter, although it must be allowed that very light 



