1 42 THE BULTER, TROT, OR S FILLER. 



most to be depended on. Too much caution cannot be observed 

 in throwing out, many painful accidents having occurred from 

 want of it. 



The Bulter, Trot, or Spiller (fig. 44). Supposing you wish 

 to put more hooks, you must make a trot, bulter, or spiller (for by 

 all these names is it known), which may be set at low water, or 

 with the help of a boat, the hooks not to be nearer than 6 \ feet 

 to each other, and tied to strong fishing line 3 feet in length ; 

 these are to be firmly fastened to the main line, which should 

 be a strong cord or small rope, nearly half an inch in diameter, 

 and to each end of this a cork line should be attached, if you 

 desire to raise it in a boat. 



FIG. 44. Bulter, Trot, or Spiller, for Cod, Conger, c. 



In positions where you have plenty of space, it is often 

 more advantageous to place your hooks on the main or back 

 line, as much as 12 feet apart, which will enable you to cover 

 a far greater extent of ground ; in a harbour's mouth, 9 feet 

 may be a good distance. All must depend on the space you 

 desire to cover. In shooting these lines, a common arrange- 

 ment is to place the hooks all along the boat's gunwale, 

 commencing close behind the after rowlock, and continuing 

 backwards, the hooks not quite touching each other. Placing 

 the first stone overboard, the hooks will follow each other as 

 you pull along, and the line shoot itself. 



