This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...must be strong, as eels up to 7 lb. have been caught. A pike line would bo just the thing, with a flat lead on a stout piece of gut with a single hook, which should be of stout steel, as in wriggling, eels have often been known to break the steel of a line hook. Some anglers use a hook mounted on gimp, but it is really ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...must be strong, as eels up to 7 lb. have been caught. A pike line would bo just the thing, with a flat lead on a stout piece of gut with a single hook, which should be of stout steel, as in wriggling, eels have often been known to break the steel of a line hook. Some anglers use a hook mounted on gimp, but it is really best to use a strong gut which can get between the teeth of the eel. Sniggling is one style of eel fishing. It is practised as follows: --Take the eyed half of a stout needle and to one end bind On the line, so that when the binding is completed the line would lead from the centre of the needle. Thread on the needle a worm by entering the eye of it through the head of the worm and run it down till the whole needle is covered except the point, which is inserted in a notch or slit at the end of a thin stick, a line a few yards in length being held in the hand. The stick is used for presenting the worm to the eel, the point of the former being placed near holes in the bank or near camp sheathing, where the eel is likely to be fonnd. As soon as it sees the worm at the end of the stick the eel seizes it and draws it out of the cleft stick. You then slacken the line and gently withdraw the stick, allowing a little time for the eel to swallow the bait, then strike, and the needle will cross the throat of the eel and will hold him. Get him out of the water as soon as you can, and have another needle ready for use. Do not waste time trying to get it out of the eel till it is dead. Bobbing for eels is much practised on the Norfolk rivers. It is a simple but disagreeable item of stringing about fifty lob-worms on worsted with a long needle, then looping the worsted holding the worms into links and attaching them to a line of whip-cord about 2 yds. long. ..
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