16 THE ANGLER. 



* e should be able to bind on a hook, and for this 

 purpose should have always in his boot some 

 cobbler's wax and silk.'* 



FLOATS. 



Floats are made of either reed, quill, or cork. 

 They must be adapted both for the bait and the 

 water in which you are fishing. They are of 

 several sizes, from the simple porcupine quill 

 to the large cork float. The principal kinds 

 12 3 are the plugged float, the 



tipped capped float, and 

 the cork float. For rapid 

 streams the cork float is 

 most useful ; they need 

 several shot to sink them, 

 which prevents the baited 

 hook from passing too 

 quickly over the bottom of 

 the stream, A Cork Float 

 is easily made, by shaping 

 your cork as in the dia- 

 gram, and with a red-hot 

 wire boring a hole right 



1. PLUGGED FLOAT, through. The bottom end 



2. TIPPED CAPPED FLOAT. , > . , -, j 



3. CORK FLOAT. 1S P lu gg ed w . lth a wooden 



peg, with a ring at its ex- 

 tremity for the line to pass through ; and the 

 top end is fitted with a quill a porcupine quill 

 is best. The line is fixed by means of a cap at 

 each end. If you buy a cork float and examine 

 it, you will soon be able to produce another of 

 the same pattern. 



