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same principle of easy adjustment as in the spiral 
lead aforementioned designed by the same angler. 
The exact form of lead for use in float-fishing is 
largely a matter of taste. The split shot in vogue 
on the river are not of much use in the tideway, 
where something more solid is required. Small 
pierced bullets are as good as anything, though I 
usually have in my basket either a small coil of 
soft lead wire, or else of the thin sheeting which is 
sold in penny rolls, for plumbing the depth. Either 
of these can be added to the line, a fraction of an 
ounce at a time, until the float rides just as re- 
quired, and each has the further advantage of 
taking up little room when bound round the gut 
being far less likely to disturb the fish than would 
a number of additional bullets of the same weight. 
In the foregoing pages, mention has been made 
of all the typical tackles on which are based every 
combination which the angler is likely to devise. 
Thus, the drift-line is merely a float-line without 
cither float or lead; the trot, or long line, is to all 
intents and purposes a number of paternosters tied 
together and used horizontally instead of vertically, 
between two weights that lie on the bottom, the 
floating trot being, as its name implies, the same, 
with buoys in conjunction with the leads. 
There remain, however,a number of implements, 
which, coming under the convenient and accommo- 
dating head of sundries, need a few words before 
we quit the tackle department. On some of these, 
my advice will, I fear, appear revolutionary, con- 
flicting not only with the verdict of other writers 
on the subject, but even with what I have said on 
previous occasions, On this I prefer being frank : 
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