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. 1902 Excerpt: ...in its various forms, is certainly better. The hand-line should be held in the hand, and not made fast to the boat and left to fish for itself; and, as with the rod gear, the lead should be sufficiently heavy to keep the bait near the bottom. If both reel-line and hand-line are being worked from the same boat, it will ...
Read More
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. 1902 Excerpt: ...in its various forms, is certainly better. The hand-line should be held in the hand, and not made fast to the boat and left to fish for itself; and, as with the rod gear, the lead should be sufficiently heavy to keep the bait near the bottom. If both reel-line and hand-line are being worked from the same boat, it will be noticed that the latter, owing to its thickness and the pressure of water upon it, requires a heavier lead than the former. The best way of holding the hand-line is to turn the thumb outward, letting the line pass over the palm of the hand and rest in the bend of the first finger. Immediately a bite is felt, the arm should be smartly raised to pull the hook into the fish, and the line hauled up hand over hand as rapidly as possible, unless the fish is a big one and has to be played. Where the fish run small, professional fishermen usually haul in the line over the gunwale, as the many notches in the wood will testify. By this means the line is stripped of a good deal of water before it comes into the boat. But if the fish is heavy, gives a sudden jerk, and a wave lifts up the boat and causes a jerk in the opposite direction, the snood or line is as likely as not to break. With a big fish, unless the tackle is enormously strong, the best and, indeed, the proper way is to lean a little over the side of the boat and haul in the line, or pay it out hand over hand, keeping up a kind of stroking motion with the hand, allowing the wrist and arm to yield to the pulls of the fish, and to a certain extent take the place of the more lissom rod. With the finer tackle which the scientific sea fisherman of to-day uses, a landing net is almost a necessary part of the gear. It should be deep, largo meshed, dressed with oil, which not only prevents it holdi...
Read Less
Add this copy of Practical Letters to Sea Fishers to cart. $66.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of Practical Letters to Sea-Fishers to cart. $350.00, very good condition, Sold by Antic Hay Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Asbury Park, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1902 by Horace Cox.