CHAPTEK XL 



FLOAT-FISHING. 



Float- Fishing Manufacture of Floats Cork-Floats ; Varnish for 

 Quill-Floats Dyeing and Polishing of Quills Eesinous Cement 

 Plummets, and how to use them How to proceed in Float-Fishing 

 Trimmer-Fishing for Trout Manufacture of the Trimmer 

 Caoutchouc Varnish How to use the Trimmer. 



IN deep still rivers, lakes, or ponds, the float is an in- 

 dispensable auxiliary to the bottom-fisher, in order 

 to keep the bait in motion at a proper distance from 

 the bottom, and prevent its lying motionless on the mud. 

 They are manufactured of various substances and 

 sizes as cork ; swan, goose, bustard, and porcupine 

 quills ; and the former of various shapes, as pear-shaped, 

 oval, etc., proportioned in size and material to the weight 

 of the bait to be suspended, the strength and depth of 

 the current, and the kind of fish we are in pursuit of. 

 In live-bait fishing with gudgeons or minnows, or when 

 large heavy worms are used, or the river is deep and the 

 current powerful, so as to require heavy sinkers to be 

 appended to the line to keep the bait down, cork-floats 

 of a pear-shape and corresponding bulk must be used. 

 On the other hand, in waters of but moderate depth 

 and velocity, and with small baits, the quill-floats are 

 best, as being less bulky and conspicuous ; while in cad- 



