Sea Fishing (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1895)
Bickerdyke, John, Hemy, C. Napier (Illus.), Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 284
FROM YACHTS AND LARGE FISHING BOATS 257 an hour is quite fast enough, and sail must be reduced if necessary. In reeling, railing, or whiffing! for pollack—to turn to another subject—considerable judgment is required, With regard to the lead, the lighter it is the better, certainly, provided that by… … fishing. It is sufficiently explained by the illustration. It tows very steadily, and probably would not frighten the fish so much as some other forms of lead. It inclines to the shape of a somewhat dumpy sea-boat. 1 These terms are used indiscriminately by fishermen, and thére are other local…
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