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benefit of other kinds. In olden days it was con- 

 sidered first-class sport to attach a line to a goose 

 and see which came off the best, the fish or the bird. 

 But in these more enlightened times this would not 

 be considered sportsmanlike. 



The familiar trimmer, consisting of a flat cork disc 

 painted red on one side and white on the other, is the 

 more usual method adopted for perch or pike at night. 

 The line is wound round a groove cut in the disc and 



TRIMMER. 



the trimmers are floated all the same colour upper- 

 most. When the bait is taken the disc turns over, 

 showing a different colour, and so it is then known 

 which has captured the fish. 



BANK RUNNER. 



Fishing with bank runner is akin to trimmering and 

 night fishing, especially when a leger lead and cork 

 are used. The bank runner consists of a rounded 

 wood peg which can be driven firmly into the ground; 

 the top is shaped to form a spool on which the line is 

 wound, as shown in the illustration on p. 98. 



