MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS. _ 143 



DlSGORGERS AND EXTRACTORS. 



Very often a Bass, or it may be a pike, pickerel, or wall- 

 eye, is hooked in the throat or gullet, and it is difficult to 

 dislodge the hook. In order to render this easy to do, and 

 at the same time to prevent the fingers of the angler from 

 being scratciied or lacerated by the teeth of the fish, a dis- 

 gorger becomes a very useful tool. There are a number of 

 ingeniously devised implements for the purpose. 



One of the best is Foard's patent fish hook extractor or 

 disgorger, sold by Thos. J. Conroy. The directions for its 

 employment are to use the end of the instrument corre- 

 sponding to the size of the hook, draw the line taut, and 

 ru-n the instrument down into the bend of the hook ; then 

 clasp the line against the side of the shaft, and push the 

 whole down till the barb is disengaged, and the hook will 

 come out with the instrument. 



Another tool for this purpose is sold by A. B. Shipley & 

 Son. It has a V-shaped knife at one extremity for dis- 

 lodging the hook, the other being a screw-driver, while the 

 shank of the instrument is a file. It is a very useful, con- 

 venient and portable combination. The file is useful for 

 touching up the point of the hook, while the screw-driver 

 may be required for taking apart a refractory reel. 



Wm. Mills & Son have a disgorger with a long and stiff 

 wire handle, the knife being a slotted tube, for admitting 

 the snell, with the end of the tube ground to a sharp, cut- 

 ting edge. 



There are a number of other forms in the market, but 

 these are among the best. 



