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with the shellac. The rings (Fig. 1 8) where the line 

 passes through are made as follows : Twist some 

 rather fine wire three times round a small stick ; cut 

 off both ends at the proper length, one about half an 

 inch and the other flush with the coil. Then turn 

 the coil to right angles, and bind the other ends to 

 the stems of the float, using the silk waxed as be- 

 fore ; touch with shellac varnish, and you have as 

 good a float as you need for sucker fishing. Of 

 course the coiled spring-like arrangement is to 

 allow you to adjust the "bob" to suit any depth 

 of water. The line should be weighted, so that 

 it 'stands in the water to where the line across is 

 shown in the diagram. 



We have now all the tackle necessary, and the 

 next thing is the bait. Nothing beats the garden 

 or earth worm for suckers, and I need not say that 

 it is one of the best of the old " stand-bys " for 

 almost all other kinds of fresh-water fishes. Very 



few fishes will reject a lively, clean worm, with its 



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pretty tints of coral and pearl and opal iridescence ; 

 that is, it looks like this if you prepare it as I am 

 going to tell you. 



" What ! " I hear some one exclaim, " fuss with 

 earthworms ! " 



