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well with them. Trolling rods in former 



times were made with a small pulley at the 



top, to give the line every facility in its 

 movements. 



THE LINE AND WINCH. 



The line for jack fishing should be made of 

 plaited silk, and should be thirty or forty yards 

 in length, or longer, according to the water 

 you fish in. If in a river, thirty or forty 

 yards will be sufficient ; but if in a large pond, 

 or reservoir, such as the New River, &c. you 

 will require a greater length, for the jack will 

 sometimes run a long way into the middle of 

 the water, and you must have enough to let 

 him run without stopping him. Your winch 

 must be in size proportioned to the quantity 

 of line upon it, and should be a multiplying 

 one, which winds in the line much quicker 

 than those of the common order. Let your 

 line be fine, for with care you may kill a fish 

 of any weight without having your line thick 

 and clumsy, which shows very much in the 

 water. Never use a twisted line of any kind, 

 for though it may look very fair, and you may 

 think it will do very nicely, it will hamper 

 you sadly all the while you are fishing with it, 



