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It can be put on and taken off your line at an 

 instant's notice, and the weight and 

 distance from the hook be varied as 

 you please. Sometimes this is an im- 

 portant point, and may mean all the 

 difference between fish and no fish. 

 A light sinker, not nearer than a foot 

 from the hook, is the best ar- 

 rangement as a general thing. 



The float, or bob, you can 

 make yourself with the greatest 

 ease. A very simple form is a 

 Cork, good and solid, and select- 

 ed because of its freedom from 

 flaws. This is fashioned like an 

 egg in shape with a jackknife, 

 and a quill may be thrust through 

 it, to which the line is attached. 

 If you choose to make it of wood, 

 choose soft pine, and make it the 

 shape of Fig. 18, filling — as the term 

 is — with oil and whitening, to close 

 up the pores of the wood, and after that 

 either give it a couple of coats of ordi- 

 nary paint, or varnish it several times 



