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ANGLING. 



The DISGOEGER is a useful little article, made of wood, 

 metal, or boue, of this shape, (fig. 15.) It is used for re- 

 leasing the hook from the throat of a fish. The fork en- 

 ables the angler to force down the hook, and so release it 

 without the disagreeable process of opening the fish, which 

 sometimes has to be adopted. It enables the fly-fisher to 

 prevent his flies being mangled, ruffled, and damaged. The 

 disgorger can be easily made by an ingenious boy out 

 of the handle of an old spoon. A hole drilled in the 

 handle enables it to be attached by a piece of twine to the 

 button-hole. 



The GAFF is a large, sharp, deeply-barbed hook, similar 



Fig. 15. 



Fig. 16. 



Fig. 17- 



to a large fish-hook, screwed in or fastened to the end of a 

 proper piece of wood, which may also be used for a landing- 

 net. It should be well tempered, and is indispensable in 

 landing large fish where the bank is high, or where the 



