The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . be quite as strong as theline, in order that it may break first, by which you will saveyour lead if you get fast in the bottom. For offing work usetwelve feet from lead to lowest hook, alongshore four or fivefeet. Moulds for Boat-Leads can be made in wood, freestone,and ordinary, or moulders sand from a foundry. The dimen-sions of a
The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . be quite as strong as theline, in order that it may break first, by which you will saveyour lead if you get fast in the bottom. For offing work usetwelve feet from lead to lowest hook, alongshore four or fivefeet. Moulds for Boat-Leads can be made in wood, freestone,and ordinary, or moulders sand from a foundry. The dimen-sions of a mould for a lead of one pound weight will be 4^inches long, i\ wide, by i£ deep; for one and a half pound,$\ inches long, 1^ wide, and i£ deep, and others in proportionof greater weight. 44 MOULDS FOR BOAT-LEADS. Here are three illustrations of the mould for boat-shaped leadsin wood; first, the mould screwed together (fig. 8); second, half the mould showingthe position of the brass wire (fig. 9);third, a cross section,showing the form ofthe cavity (fig. 10). The moulds maybe made of wood, asfollows : take a pieceof fir or deal, threeinches square and a foot long, saw it through the middle, andwith a spokeshave take out of the inner edges half the dimen-. Fig. 8.—Mould for Boat-shaped Leads.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfishing, bookyear1884
