Apeil 29, 1893] 
THE PISHING GAZETTE 
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rod leaning over the side of the boat, with either j 
a fly or spinning bait—if the latter, a Hearder’s i 
spinner, or an india-rubber sand-eel—on the | 
chance of catching a whiting-pollack, mackerel, 
or, maybe, a bass; bub as soon as you see the fish 
again on the top, 
row to windward 
and cast the flies 
as before. 
The locality of 
a shoal may be 
known by gulls 
hovering over the 
sea, feeding on the 
sand - eels which 
dash upwards to 
the surface when 
trying to escape 
from the pursuit 
of the bass below. 
For fly-fishing 
from a boat the 
rod need not ex¬ 
ceed fifteen feet, 
which is a manage¬ 
able length, but 
when casting from 
favourable places 
on the shore, such 
as rocks j utting out 
into deep water, 
steep coasts, and 
shingle beaches, 
the rod should be 
eighteen feet long. 
For lightness and 
comfort a whole- 
cane bamboo is ex¬ 
cellent. An old 
salmon rod does 
uncommonly well, 
and, with a stout 
extra top, of about 
eight inches in length, to fit into the third 
joint, is very useful for heavy work; but all 
the rings should be upright, and three-eighths of 
an inch in diameter, such as are used on pike 
rods. A five-inch wooden winch, of the Notting¬ 
ham pattern, is 
preferable to any p- 
others, and what 
little metal is used 
in its construction 
should be of brass, 
to prevent rust. I 
saw some of these 
winches the other 
day at D. Slater 
and Co.’s exhibit in 
the Westminster 
Aquarium. They 
are all that can be 
desired for sea¬ 
fishing. The line 
should not be less 
than eighty yards 
in length, and 
stout, water¬ 
proofed pike-lines 
are well adapted 
for the purpose. 
For a cheap sub¬ 
stitute, white or 
brown twisted 
hemp lines may be 
used, but I cannot 
recommend them 
unless dressed to 
do away with kink¬ 
ing. The salmon- 
gut collars or 
traces I have al¬ 
ready described, 
and hooks of Lim¬ 
erick bend, in 
various sizes for 
the different kinds 
of sea-fish, can be 
obtained at almost 
any tackle-shop. 
Bass often come close in shore to rough, dis¬ 
turbed water, where waves are breaking on a 
steep, shingly beach, and with legers thrown out 
there, some twenty-five or thirty yards, baited 
with soft crab, mussels, a piece of pilchard or 
fresh herring (but better still, squid or cuttlefish, 
which are very tough baits, seldom falling off 
the hooks), a good catch of bass and other kinds 
of fish is frequently secured. 
The steep shores at Arish-Mell, Meops Bay, and 
DURDLE-DOOE, LULWORTH, DORSET. 
From a photograph by Gt. Jardine. 
just beyond Durdle-door, at Bat’s Head, and 
all along Chesil Beach, are well adapted for 
legering from the coast. A leger-line for sea¬ 
fishing should be of hemp or flax, and about 
40yds. long. To the end attach 2 ft. of twisted 
WHITE NAB, LULWORTH, DORSET (450ft. high). 
Bat’s Head in the distance. 
From a photograph by G. Jardine. 
double salmon-gut, with a loop on which to place 
the baited hook. At the joining of the hemp¬ 
line and twisted gut, pinch on a split pistol- 
bullet, and above it place a perforated leger-lead, 
a half pound in weight, which may be increased 
if the strength of the tide needs a heavier one. 
A flat, coffin-shaped lead is best, as it is not so 
likely to roll as a spherical. 
For throwing out the leger, a stout stick about 
4jft. long is useful; it has a notch at one end, 
into which the line 
is placed close to 
the lead ; then, 
with a good swing 
of the throwing- 
stick, a line can 
be cast well out be¬ 
yond the breakers 
without any risk 
of the hook, or 
hooks if more than 
one, catching in 
the fingers or 
clothes. 
If two leger- 
lines are used, 
place a pound lead 
on one and cast it 
well out, and up 
against the tide; 
the one with 
lightest lead cast 
down the tide. By 
doing this, the 
lines are kept clear 
of each other. 
Spinning, or, to 
be more correct, 
trailing baits, 
whether artificial 
or natural, is a 
capital method in 
tideways, or the 
powerful currents 
that set round 
such headlands as 
Peveril Point, 
Durlston, St. 
Albans, Broad Bench, Worbarrow, and Port¬ 
land, or flowing between the rocky islands of 
Meop’s Bay, &c. But I am inclined to think that 
casting a small spoon-bait, Hearder’s Plano¬ 
convex, or blue and silver Phantom Minnow, 
dexterously and 
without splashing, 
amongst a shoal 
of bass, some 
very extraordinary 
sport would be the 
result, and I shall 
give this a good 
trial when next at 
Lulworth. 
Good sport may 
also be often had 
by “whiffing,” i.e , 
sailing in a tide¬ 
way with a sand- 
eel, small fresh¬ 
water eel, or lam¬ 
prey, four or five 
inches long, on 
the hook. When 
these bait are diffi¬ 
cult to obtain, 
then india-rubber 
eels do well for 
substitutes. Other 
killing baits are 
lug and rag- 
worms, thin slips 
from the sides of 
mackerel, gur¬ 
nards, or bass. 
The boatmen will 
show an angler 
the proper wa} s 
of putting tl e 
various baits on 
the hook. 
The photogra¬ 
vures given this 
week are illustra¬ 
tions of some 
places at Lul¬ 
worth, mentioned in my article of April 1. 
(To he continued.) 
A EESIAEKABLE list of foreign and American artists 
will be represented in Scribner’s Exhibition Number. 
