The art of fishing on the principle of avoiding cruelty. With approved rules for fishing, used during sixty years' practice, not hitherto published in any work on the subject by Raymond Oliver 1793-1889

Author:Raymond, Oliver, 1793-1889
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fishing, Fishing -- Equipment and supplies
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Published: 1866-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

made with waxed silk, which you buy at the shops. Cut out all those fastenings, and join the gut again with a fisherman's knot, made on the following principle: at the extremity of one of the lengths affect to tie a knot, but proceed no further than to make the little circle previously to tying it closely: in this small round hole insert the end of another length, and draw it a little way up the first length and tie it on the same ; then tie down the first knot where you left the little circle and draw the two knots together; cut off the superfluous gut at the end of each knot and the joining is complete, much neater and vastly stronger than the wax and silk fastening plan. Besides, if you will fish with a bob-fly, you can insert him with his gut about four inches long and with a little knot at the end before you draw the two knots together, as above directed, in the space left between the knots, instead of the clumsy plan of putting the bob-fly on -with a sliding noose.

When you have a rise, strike with a sudden but gentle jerk, and never slacken your line afterwards till you shall have landed your fish. Keep him as near to the surface as you well can till you shall have tired him out; otherwise he may get into the weeds, or by the sides of large stones, at the bottom; and moreover, he will have less power to

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