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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



spot he means to fish, so that it reaches the bottom opposite to 

 him. His rod is put together so that the rings are all in a line ; 

 the reel is on the under-side of the rod, with the handle to the left. 

 He puts the line through the rings, and draws out a rod's length. He 

 then puts the float on the line with the cap uppermost ; to the line 

 he attaches a 4-feet length of gut with a medium-sized hook, on or 



just above which are three or four shot. He baits with a red worm, 

 and having found the depth of the water, he adjusts the float so 

 that the worm will hang about four inches from the bottom. Then 

 he casts gently in at the upper end of the pool, and watches the 

 float as it swims gently down with the current. Suddenly it dips 

 a little, then goes under with a dash. He strikes, and whisks a 

 small perch out. At the next swim he hooks a larger fish, which 

 it would not be wise to jerk out, so he brings it within reach of his 

 landing-net, and sweeps it out with that. 



Perhaps, however, he adopts a more scientific and deadly way 

 of fishing, i.e., with a Nottingham reel and line, and a slider float. 



The Nottingham reel runs very freely, and a fine undressed silk 

 line is used with it. The slider float is made after this fashion : it 

 has rings at both ends, and slides freely up and down the line, 



