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20 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH.
of any kind, and generally made of wood, on which the line is
' wound in '
by the trailer instead of being drawn in by hand,
and from which the spinning or other bait is cast, without any
reserve of loose line, on the assumption that between the skill
of the caster and the unchecked '
running '
of the reel itself the
latter will give out sufficient line, and with sufficient rapidity and
accuracy, to meet all practical requirements. Indeed,
as to
spinning, I have often heard Nottingham fishers, or, at any
rate, fishers who use the Nottingham style, assert that they
can throw more accurately and to longer distances with the
reel described than with the method practised on the Thames
i (irfual size D
I. INF. HITCHING PREVENTER.
and most other rivers of letting the line lie in loose coils on the
ground before making the cast. When, however,
opportunities of bringing this assumption
practice
I have had
to the actual test of
I find it more or less break down. With the same
weight of bait and trace I am quite satisfied that both a longer
and more accurate cast can be made by the ordinary method,
whilst with a really light bait and trace the whole thing, lead
included, weighing, let us say, i ox. 2 scruples (such as I fre-
quently use myself) I am of opinion that the Nottingham style
would be found in practice an entire failure.