LANDING NETS, GAFFS, TACKLE BOXES, ETC. 87 



It is only the smaller game fish that are landed with a 

 net. Large fish such as pike, muskellunge, salmon, large 

 trout and all kinds of sea fish are drawn out of the water 



Marble's Clincher Gaff. 



with a hook, known as a gaff, after they have been piayed to 

 exhaustion. They are sharp steel hooks, two inches or more 

 wide, depending on the size of fish they are to be used for, 

 and have handles from one and one-half to eight feet long. 



