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THE DISGORGER. 



opinion No. 7 gives the most delicate tint of any for 

 clear waters. 



THE DISGORGER. 



Although this little implement may be regarded by 

 many with a contemptuous sneer as a mere work of 

 supererogation, yet allow me to say that it is an article 

 indispensable to the comfort of the angler either in fly 

 or bait fishing, as it not only saves an 

 infinity of trouble in disengaging the 

 hook from the mouth of the victim, but 

 also no end of flies. By the use of this 

 simple contrivance, which any one can 

 fabricate for himself who owns a pair of 

 hands, instead of thrusting and twisting 

 for half an hour with the fingers in order 

 to extricate a hook from the jaws of a fish 

 (during which patience-breaking opera- 

 tion the fly is generally so much damaged 

 as to be rendered perfectly useless after 

 being a few times so treated), it is only 

 necessary to tighten the gut line between 

 the second and third fingers, and slip the 

 fork of the disgorger down the line till it 

 reaches the bend of the hook, then push 

 it back till it is disengaged from its hold, when the 

 implement is turned to one side in order to prevent the 

 point of the hook from fixing itself in a fresh part of the 

 mouth ; and the whole thing is accomplished imme- 



Fig. 5. 

 THE DISGORGER. 



