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HOOKS. 



TABLE OF HOOKS. 



REELS, GAFFS, AND BAIT TRAY. 



The best materials for reels (fig. 64 d?) are either teak, oak, or 

 mahogany, with half a bottle-cork attached, to receive the hooks, 

 as in the accompanying cut. 



The most convenient sizes for portability will be for the 

 horse-hair Pollack lines and the Bridport snooding Mackerel 

 lines, six inches by five, and for the hemp lines for Whiting- 

 fishing, eight inches by six ; but if in the habit of using a large 

 boat for the offing-fishing, of from say five to ten tons, your 

 reels had better be eighteen inches by fourteen, as you will use 



