. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. APPENDIX. A. 329 shot, should be used; and I may remark here, that the smaller your float, the fewer the number of shot, and the finer your bottom-tackle, the greater will be your success. The tip-capped float is the best for pond-fishing and for gentle streams, as the line is confined at each end of the float by a cap, which enables you to strike at a fish with greater precision than with a plugged floav, which has a wire ring at the bottom f
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. APPENDIX. A. 329 shot, should be used; and I may remark here, that the smaller your float, the fewer the number of shot, and the finer your bottom-tackle, the greater will be your success. The tip-capped float is the best for pond-fishing and for gentle streams, as the line is confined at each end of the float by a cap, which enables you to strike at a fish with greater precision than with a plugged floav, which has a wire ring at the bottom for the line to run through. In shotting the line, I prefer a number of small shot to a few large ones, as they make less disturbance in the water. Your lino must be shotted till not more than the cap of your float is seen above the water, unless it should be very rough from wind or a rapid current, in which case something more of the float must swim above water. The porcupine quill is a favorite float with some anglers, but for a moderate stream I prefer a swan's quill. â yy >i \ THE LANDING-NET AND GAFF. The landing-net may be purchased so contrived as to unscrew from a socket in the handleâwhich should be four or five feet longâand a gaflTor hook for landing Salmon, Pike, and large Trout, may also be bought to screw into the same socket, and both the net and gafi^ may be carried in your basket or creel till you reach the river ,.,- I' 'J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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