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the bait to travel over a greater extent of ground 

 than is possible under the ordinary method. This 

 result is attained by the use of a largish float, and 

 a running-line which combines strength with the 

 greatest possible lightness and fineness, and there- 

 fore, of course, runs through the rod-rings with the 

 utmost facility. In pond-fishing the Nottingham 

 method gives the angler the advantages of being 

 able to make much longer casts, and consequently 

 to fish finer and further off. A proper Nottingham 

 line of fifty yards long should not weigh more than 

 one-fifth of an ounce, and is strong enough to land 

 the largest fish which the angler is likely to meet 

 with. In casting, the line should lie in loose coils 

 on the ground ; and when a long cast is to be 

 made it will be found convenient to draw the 

 line in, not through the lowest ring, but through 

 one or other of the rings next above it an 

 arrangement by which, owing to the diminution of 

 friction, a light bait can be thrown to a greater 

 distance. 



With the foregoing exceptions, the tackle, &c., 

 already described for ordinary bottom-fishing, as 

 well as the general observations on its use, and the 



