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ANOTHER SLIDING FLOAT
By J. W. Nom
Many times when out bait-casting and ‘thc1’” wouldn’t hit the plug. I have longed to use short rod for stilt fishing. Plenty of froggies on the bank and a float in the tackle box. But I want to fish deep, perhaps, and just imagine making a cast with fifteen or twenty feet of line out between the bait and the rod before you start out. Pretty awkward. And then, even if you are successful in getting the line well away from the boat, imagine what it will be when you get a fish on and can’t reel in any farther than the float. Here’s a way out of the difficulty:
Remove the stick which runs through an ordinary float and substitute therefor a reed pipe stem. The smoke conveyor from a cob Willie will about do the trick. String the line through this and tie a small bowknot in it above the float at the place where you want the float to stay. Reel this bowknot right in and the float will slip down to the hook. Make your cast and the weight, of the bait will pull the line back through the float to the desired depth. In playing the fish, if you should be so fortunate as to get one on, the bowknot usually comes untied. If not, it still reels easily through the guides.
Katz, Harry N. Kinks A Book of 250 Helpful Hints for Hunters, Anglers and Outers. Chicago: Outers, 1917. Print.
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