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except that it is prevented from slipping down to the hook by the 

 shots, and the line is prevented from running down through the rings 

 when the float is on the water by a piece 

 of stick, or better, elastic, tied on to the 

 line at any chosen depth. This con- 

 struction is to enable the angler to make 

 a long throw, and in deep water to en- 

 able him to wind up his line without the 

 float being stopped against the top ring 

 of his rod. 



Taking the rod in his right hand, 

 with as much line out as he can throw, 

 he draws more line out from the reel 

 above the first ring, the float resting on 

 the shots ; then swinging the bait out, 

 he lets go the line, and the bait is pitched twice as far as it would 

 be by the ordinary method. When the float falls on the water, the 

 line runs through its rings until stopped by the piece of elastic, and 

 the bait sinks a corresponding depth in the water. As the float 

 travels down stream, the angler, by easing the line off the reel, can 

 let it go as far as he likes, thus having a longer swim than he can 

 have with the ordinary float-fishing. 



So much for the general principles of bottom-fishing. In the 

 Appendix to the next chapter we will give particular directions as 

 to the chub. 



NOTTINGHAM REEL. 



