. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 32 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. that the taut main line will give more; spring to Uut suddeu jerking of tlie fish. The bottom leader is usually attached to the bottom of the last lead in taper lines and in order to offer a less solid resistance to the fighting fish a light rather tlian a heavy lead is used at the bottom, a three-poimd lead being most frequently used. -/flfcow/ Z iochfS Jre-^^een Jtno^^. l-^f tar- r,„^„„y j^„„ ^.^^ .^^ W&
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 32 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. that the taut main line will give more; spring to Uut suddeu jerking of tlie fish. The bottom leader is usually attached to the bottom of the last lead in taper lines and in order to offer a less solid resistance to the fighting fish a light rather tlian a heavy lead is used at the bottom, a three-poimd lead being most frequently used. -/flfcow/ Z iochfS Jre-^^een Jtno^^. l-^f tar- r,„^„„y j^„„ ^.^^ .^^ W><./,.^^- Fig. 16. Diagram showing metliod of attacl^ment of leader to line. The usual method of attaching the leader is to tie a "running knot" in the main line which leaves the line straight as if threaded through three or four wraps of itself. The name "running knot" refers to the fact that the line runs straight through but the knot itself is perfectly solid. The line is then threaded through one ring of a swivel and anotlier running knot tied at from two to four inches from the first. The leader is then tied into the other ring of the swivel with a bowline. The swivel protects the main line from being twisted by the leader and the distance between knots allows some play for the leader Avithout crawling up or slipping down. The Avire ring of the swivel is apt to wear on the lower knot and to avoid this a short wire section is some- times inserted in the main line. This wire is about two inches long, threads through a swivel ring and looped at each end with the ends wrappcul into a .shoulder to keep the swivel. The main line is tied with a bowline into each loop of this wire section. By this arrangement the swivel plays on wire but the strain of the whole line now falls on the loop of the bowline bearing on the wire loop and this is apt to cut under a strain. Bait vs. Spoons. There is the greatest divergence of opinion among iisherm
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