THE GAFF AND JIGGER. 13 



THE GAFF AND JIGGER. 

 (Plate II, Nos. 5 and 6.) 



The gaff is much the same as that used by 

 salmon and pike fishers, with the exception of 

 the handle being shorter and somewhat stronger, 

 as when rays, congers, ling, and other large fish 

 of great weight, are to be lifted into the boat a 

 very strong handle of ash is required, with the 

 steel hook or gaff very firmly fixed in, with twine 

 and wire bound round it. The jigger is used in 

 catching the squid, and is made by tying with 

 waxed twine four or six bass hooks to the end of 

 a straight hazel stick about five feet long ; when 

 to be used it is gently lowered under the squid, 

 and then to be raised quietly up so as to touch 

 it, when the alarmed fish darts back and impales 

 itself on the hooks, merely requiring to be pulled 

 into the boat. 



