. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. APPENDIX. A. 32ft ttliot, should bo used; and I may remark here, that the smaller your float, the fowor 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 float, which has
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. APPENDIX. A. 32ft ttliot, should bo used; and I may remark here, that the smaller your float, the fowor 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 float, 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 line must bo 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. f" \ . I THE LANDINO-NBT AND OAFF. The Innding-net may be purchased so contrived as to unscrew from a socket in the handle—^which should bo four or flve feet long—and a gafT or hook for landing Salmon, Pike, and large Trout, may also be bought to screw into the same socket, and both the net and gaff may bo oftrried in your basket or creel till you reach the river side. 22. 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 : W. A. Townsend
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