Fishing; with contributions from other authors, Pike and other Coarse Fish (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1885)
Cholmondeley-Pennell, H., Duke of Beaufort · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 35
ne. .The inclination of the ring is also towards instead of away from the buit,—the head or loop forming, in other words, an acute instead of an obtuse angle with the rod. The woodcut gives the shape recommended ‘for the inter- mediate rings, of which it is important that there should be enough on… … FIG. 3.—-' PRONGED’ BOTTOM RING. For all these rings steel or iron wire is found to. answer best ; brass, from its softness, is easily cut or worn into sharp grooves by friction, and these grooves very speedily wear out the dress- ing of the line, and, before long, the line itself. Many ‘dodges’…
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