. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. THE BLUE-FISH. 211 perfection. To those ladies who unfortunately have to he placed on the list of invalids, and can endure the de- lightful and bracing summer breeze and gentle south wind, a few days' sport in the Sound, with a blue-fishing party, will amply repay them for their exertion. The tackle is simple, cheap, and easily arranged: it i9 composed of a squid made of Ijone, ivory, ti
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. THE BLUE-FISH. 211 perfection. To those ladies who unfortunately have to he placed on the list of invalids, and can endure the de- lightful and bracing summer breeze and gentle south wind, a few days' sport in the Sound, with a blue-fishing party, will amply repay them for their exertion. The tackle is simple, cheap, and easily arranged: it i9 composed of a squid made of Ijone, ivory, tin or pearl, with a stout line, of from 100 to 150 feet in length, attached; and when the boat is in full sail, the squid is thrown out, the fish hooked, drawn in and shaken off, and thrown out, alternately. We give an extract from a letter written by a gentleman on an excursion on the south side of Long Island : " Who that has been a frequenter of our bays and inlets, can ever forget the intense excitement attending the sport of blue-fishing ? Those who desire to be successful in this de- lightful sport, should provide themselves with a proper outfit, (which can be procured at a trifling expense at any of the shops where fishing tackle is sold,) as an omission in this may result in disappointment. " The tackle in most general use, is a scpiid made of block- tin, lead, mother-of-pearl, or white bone, of a flat, narrow- oval shape, say four inches long, armed on one end with a good sized hook, (No. 0000 Kirby,) laid so that the point of the hook be perpendicular to the flat side of the squid. I would recommend a short length of stout gimp to be put through a hole in the other end, to attach it to the line. I have re- peatedly witnessed, in excursions on the south side of Long Island, the loss of a squid at a time when a lover of this sport could least afford to lose time in making the necessary repairs to his damaged tackle. The line should be of cotton, sized, and well
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