MK. STEWART'S TACKLE. i?r.-i 



fine dressed eight-plait silk (dressed twist will do almost 

 as well) ; the gut cast suited to the water. In thick water 

 it may be moderately stout. The weights should be small 

 rolled pieces of thin sheet lead, such as roll-plummets are 

 made of, as these can be taken off, and put on, and reduced 

 with an ease which split shot does not permit of; added to 

 this, they do not bruise the line like split shot, nor do they 

 take such hold of obstructions on the bottom. The tackle 

 to be used may be either the single hook before mentioned, 

 or a size or so larger, on which a well-scoured, good sized 

 dew-worm, or two brandlings, c., may be impaled ; or 

 three small single fly-hooks, tied at short intervals on the 

 gut, and pointing in opposite directions, may be employed. 

 This tackle, which I have already once or twice referred 

 to previously, is a very successful one indeed, and is 

 used a good deal in the North and on the Border. It is 

 called Stewart's tackle, because Mr. Stewart is supposed 

 to have invented it, or, at any rate, to have introduced it 

 to the public. When the fish are coming shyly at the 

 worm, this tackle will kill three fish for one taken by the 

 single hook, and its superiority becomes most clear and 

 manifest. 



To bait a single hook with two brandlings, put the point 

 of the hook in at the head of the worm, and bring it out 

 about the middle ; pull the barb through, and draw the 

 worm up the shank of the hook out of the way ; l then 

 take the second worm, put the point into the middle of 

 the worm, and thread it on the hook up towards the head, 

 leaving about half an inch of head beyond the point of the 

 hook ; draw down the first worm until it meets the second, 

 and the hook is baited. 



To fish, however, with small worms, as brandlings or 



1 In Iwiting a worm, a small bag of sand to dip the worm into will 

 greatly facilitate the operation, by enabling the thumb and finger to take a 

 firm hold. 



