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waters in which one angles. A deep and 

 rapid river will require a float that will carry 

 from sixteen to twenty of No. 4 shot. If 

 the stream be deep, and the current gentle, 

 a float carrying one-half the number of shot 

 will be sufficiently heavy. When the water 

 is perfectly calm, a very light quill-float, 

 carrying two of No. 6 shot, should be used. 

 The smaller the float is the fewer should be 

 the number of shot ; and the finer the bot- 

 tom-tackle the greater will be the success 

 in fishing. The tip-capped float is the best 

 for pond-fishing and for gentle streams, as 

 the line is confined at each end of the float 

 by a cap, which enables one to strike at a 

 fish with greater precision than when using 

 a plugged float, which has a wire ring at the 

 bottom for the line to run through. 



In shotting a line, a number of small shot 

 are preferable to a few large ones, as they 

 mark less distance in the water. The line 

 must be shotted till not more than the cap 



