. The book of fish and fishing : a complete compendium of practical advice to guide those who angle for all fishes in fresh and salt water. Fishing. Fish and Fishing hook an O'Shaughnessy No. 7/0 or 8/0 with a six or eight-inch piano-wire leader, in two links, and fastened with a double swivel. The bait is either a smelt or sardine from four to six inches in length. To bait it, the hook is entered at the mouth coming out at the gill; then turned it is embedded in the belly of the fish, so that the entire hook, except the shank, is hidden. The mouth is then wound with a five-inch fine silver wi
. The book of fish and fishing : a complete compendium of practical advice to guide those who angle for all fishes in fresh and salt water. Fishing. Fish and Fishing hook an O'Shaughnessy No. 7/0 or 8/0 with a six or eight-inch piano-wire leader, in two links, and fastened with a double swivel. The bait is either a smelt or sardine from four to six inches in length. To bait it, the hook is entered at the mouth coming out at the gill; then turned it is embedded in the belly of the fish, so that the entire hook, except the shank, is hidden. The mouth is then wound with a five-inch fine silver wire attached to the hook, which prevents the bait from whirling too rapidly. At. How to hook the bait. times fish of exceptionally large size may be taken on a flying fish. The bait is then cast, and about fifty or sixty feet of line unreeled, and the launch kept moving slowly near the sea-weeds. The fishing is best in the morning, from sunrise to midday, and on a flood tide. At the first sound of the reel, the boatman stops the engine, the fish at once turning the boat around, rush- Fi^^ '"S ^^^^^ ^^^ there in frantic efforts to escape; so powerful are these lunges at times, that the angler is forced to give line, or the tackle goes. If the angler can withstand it, then the rod is too stiff for the code which holds and is most in favor with members of angling 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 Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926. New York : C. Scribner
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