. Book of the black bass. y, the latter being heavy enoughto keep the live bait beneath the surface. But there arecases and times when the sinker is brought in requisition;for example, when the minnows used for bait are large andstrong and keep on the surface, or where the stream is quiterapid or current swift. When the ordinary ringed-sinker is used without aswivel, the line should be tied in one ring, and the snellof the hook looped in the other. The smallest-sizedsinker is usually heavy enough, though sometimes a largersize is necessary. Buckshot or small bullets should not beused when the
. Book of the black bass. y, the latter being heavy enoughto keep the live bait beneath the surface. But there arecases and times when the sinker is brought in requisition;for example, when the minnows used for bait are large andstrong and keep on the surface, or where the stream is quiterapid or current swift. When the ordinary ringed-sinker is used without aswivel, the line should be tied in one ring, and the snellof the hook looped in the other. The smallest-sizedsinker is usually heavy enough, though sometimes a largersize is necessary. Buckshot or small bullets should not beused when the oval sinker can be had, as they offer toomuch resistance to the water, and often cause the line totwist or kink. The Patent Adjustable Sinker, with spiral rings likethe adjustable float, is the best form of sinker to use, andshould take the place of the old-fashioned ringed simplicity and effectiveness of the device by wliich they can be put on and taken off the line, without dis- 29. 338 BOOK OF THE BLACK MS MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS. 339 turbing hook or bait, should receive the approval of all an-glers, and render their adoption universal. They insureneatness and dispatch, qualities not to be despised in angling. Clearing-Ring. The hook, in angling, often becomes fast or foul insnags, roots, rooks or grass, and frequently is thereby lostor broken, to the disgust of the angler. By the employ-ment of a clearing-ring the hook can almost invariably beeasily detached from these obstructions without are rings made expressly for the purpose, composedof brass or iron, with a hinge to admit of their beingreadily adjusted to the line. The method of using themis as follows: The ring is opened at the hinge and the line encircled,when the ring is again closed, and allowed to run downthe line to the point of obstruction; the weight of the ringdetaches the hook, when it is drawn up, a hand-line beingattached to the ring for this purpose. If the hook is veryfirml
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