290 Book of the Black Bass. 



Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Conn. It is intended 

 also for use in casting the minnow. It is adjusted accord- 

 ing to the depth of the water, and holds securely; but 

 on reeling the line, and when the float reaches the tip of 

 the rod, a cam is released allowing the rest of the line to 

 be reeled up freely, and the fish landed the same as if 

 no float were used. 



The Swivel. 



A brass or bronze box-swivel should always be employed 

 in bait-fishing for black bass. It prevents, in a great meas- 

 ure, the tTvisting, kinking and snarling of the line, so 

 annoying to the angler. In rod-fishing, the smallest sizes 

 — Xos. 5 or 6 — are large enough ; and, usually, no addi- 

 tional weight or sinker will be required. The line should 

 be made fast to one ring, and the snell of the hook attached 

 to the other. In trolling, two swivels can be used with 

 advantage — one attached to the snell of the hook or 

 spinner, and the other attached to the line some two or 

 three feet above. In trolling with the hand-line, larger 

 swivels may be used — as Nos. 2 or 3. Brass or bronze 

 swivels should always be used, as they do not rust, a strong 

 objection to steel swivels. When sinkers are used in addi- 

 tion, they should be attached about a foot above the swivel. 



There are various other kinds of swivels of more or less 

 utility, one of which has a swivel at one end and a spring 

 catch at the other. Another is a swivel with spring catches 

 at both ends. T^en there is the triple swivel, and the 

 spreader swivel, though the latter are used more for salt- 

 water fishing. 



