86 PREPARING AND USING TACKLE. 



hitch the line once round the float, before you put the 

 cap on. Should you chance to lose your cap, and not 

 have another, you may secure your float by hitching 

 the line round it twice. 



During the winter months, when the severity of the 

 weather precludes sport, the angler should get his 

 tackle and gear into working condition: 



" Now let the fisherman his toils prepare, 

 And arm himself with every watery snare 

 His hooks, his lines peruse with careful eye 

 Increase his tackle, and his rod re-tie." 



So that, 



" When genial spring a living warmth bestows," 

 everything may be found in perfect readiness for work. 



