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your float to its proper place on the line. The 

 folding plummet is the best, as you can unfold 

 a part of it, pass the hook 

 over its side, fold it up again, 

 and throw it in without 

 danger of your hook drawing 

 away, or the loss of the 

 plumb-lead. The folding plum 

 THE PLUMB. me consists simply of a slij 

 of sheet lead, rolled up spirally. 



THE DISGORGER. 



The Disgorger is used in getting your hook 

 out of the stomach of the fish, when he has 

 greedily swallowed more than you wished him 

 to do. It has a forked end, made of brass, 

 iron, or bone. This you force down upon the 

 gorged hook with your right hand, while you 

 hold the fish, with the line taut, in the other. 

 This displaces the hook. If you try to remove 

 a hook from the stomach of the fish without 

 the disgorger, you will probably break your 

 hook and scratch your hand. In ordinary 

 cases, the fish is hooked through the lip or 

 gills. All you have to do in this case is to 

 take the fish gently in your left hand, and 

 with your right quietly remove the hook. 



LIVE BAIT KETTLE. 



The Live Bait Kettle is of oblong shape, 

 white inside. Do not put your hand in to take 

 out the bait, as you frighten the little things, 

 and heat the water. You should have a small 



