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GRAPNELS FOR RECOVERING LOST LINES. 

 DEVIL'S-CLAW GRAPNEL. 



Iron, black ; a piece of f -inch chain, 10 or 12 feet long, with 3-prong 

 claw-like grapnels fastened at intervals of 3 feet along its length 

 and one at the extreme end of the chain. Length of each grap- 

 nel, 9 inches; each prong, 5 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 

 54,342. U. S. Fish Commission. Used for recovering lost trawl- 

 lines, &c. 



Grappling-iron. 



Iron, black ; four stout recurved hooks joined together on a single 



shank. Eing at top of shank served with canvas. Length of 



shank, 7 inches ; spread of prongs, 8 inches. Gloucester, Mass. 



. 25,936. Presented by A. McCurdy. Used to recover lost 



fishing-lines, &c. 



fishing rods. 

 Pickerel rod. 



Common ; four pieces. U. S. Fish Commission. (B. &. A.) 25,510. 



Common rod. 



Three pieces ; ash and hornbeam ; brass mounting. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. (B. &. A.) 25,511. 



Common bass rod. 



Four pieces, brass-mounted. U. S. Fish Commission. (B. & A.) 

 25,508. 



Bait rod for trout. 



Four pieces; common. U. S. Fish Commission. (B. & A.) 25,509. 



Gudgeon rod. 



Three pieces ; ash and hornbeam ; brass mounting ; common. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. (B. & A.) 25,512. 



Chubb's bass rod. 



Double guided, with reversible reel-plate. U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. (B. & A.) 39,429. 



Black-bass rod (fly combination.) 



Three-piece bait and four-piece fly combination. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. (C, B. & M.) 42,794. 



Fly rod. 



Bed cedar; duplicate joint and three tips. U. S. Fish Commission. 



(C, B. & M.) 42,788. 



