The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20
PRACTICAL FISHING.
GANGS" WITH WHICH FISHERMEN
WORK MOST EFFECTIVELY.


Of Tackle Used In Deep Water Fishing.
Fer the practical snglerwho goes fishing
70 cStch fish and not with tie idea that the
| iSk must have the biggest possible chance
70 SIT away and the angler the least pcs-
| sibie chance TO captare hts prsy. gangs OF
hooks are used and are coming more into
lSe every day Their Use II justiied BY
she consideration that the ooeaa and the
arEc. lakes csmprlses y lzrgs eazT1tory. aud
ta2t dSn are compGratiyely GGcult 70 take,
80 taRt the wise angler rult3plies his
chances OF n catch ey multiplying tia
number Of his hooks In gang fishing the
hooks must be as widely separated a. eos-
sible in order that the bait may BE swung
around and cover as much sEace in the
water IS possible and attract the notice OF
the fish.
Gangs sze used in both salt and fresh
water fishing. In salt water fishing they
are called ''sepzrzts-s." because tho hooks
are Kept as Ear apart IS possible In fresh
water fishing two styles are used. mfnnow
gangs and gangs OF flies. Aiunow gangs
ere n use IN angling for trout. black bass.
pike and pickersl. II the reader should
chance u enter the mandatory Of = gang
maker with the notion OF making . gang
tor himself he wonlu sac Soulrthing Eks
TINS; The expert dsternines first whether
che Jelunow gang is 70 BE nsdc up Of hooks
bound IN gimp or On gut II on gut is
must be either on single or double gut, the
single gut being intended for trouto small
black bass aud doEble gut for largo black
bass. English whtts silkheart gimp Is used
for pike and pickerei, though some anglers
choose treble twisted gut
HOW 10 NAKE A GANG
The expert takes ths end OF fhs gut or
gimp between the thumb and fingers Of
his left hand. and with his right hand ar
ranges three hooks at the end of the line
When they are placed az equal distances
apart, SO that the points Of the hooks FORM
, triangle, he binds them firmly TO the line
with wdxed silk, first laying the end Of tho
silk along the shanks Of the hooks. and
then winding the s!lk over and over after
the fashion OF = thread on = spool. After
securing the end Of the thread by peculiar
twist known TO anglers the artisan meas
urcs of an inch or 80 of the line and binds
on three more hooks IN similar way
Aftervard he measures of an inch mora
and fastens "a single hook on the gut. This
hook j. called the lip hook. lt Is so called
because il Is placed on the gut above the
gauR and tho ninnow is hcolrrf to 10
through the lip. The whippings arr finally
coated with varnish, and the gang Is ready
% use after fastening swivel at tho end
OF the gIt.
The seth Green gang. so named from tha
inventor, or Ht least, as that Is disputed.
the great advocate OF artificial propagation
of fish, is the simplest OF gangs, being mnds
Of two treble hooks, ore lip hook and a
gut from six inches 90 "a foot long, with q
swivel IL is used for brook trout or syaalI
black bass, and it costs twenty-five cents
az tackle stores. FOG black bass fAhing.
where the fish run large. il f. customary
to use two or three treble hooks and a liz
HOOK, with a very stout gut about threG
feet long They cost from thirty 90 MY
cents For large black bass, Lake troutor
pickerei fishing some ishsrInsn prefer a
minnow gang with "A patent trebls hook
bqting needle bound IN either a heavy
single or double gut They can 10 used
for trolling Or still fishing.
MAvS KINDS OF TACKLE.
Finally. where fish run very large, two
or three treble hooks and lip hook are used
on treble twisted gut or silver gimp from
one to three feet long. They cost from 30
TO 80 cents each. Undoubtedly thiz is thu
most popular gang used fortr0lling among
the Thousand Islands, Gsd for that reason
il is termed Ssle'St. LSwrgncag gang" IL
is highly esteemed beesuxson 3ta miHnow
lives longer than on any otAeS gang, and
because 10 is the easiest gang ON which q
minnow can he placed. Furthermore, IL
does not scare away the old and wary fell
lows BY n dangling line Of hooks in the
rear. some anglers Use three syviveis on
the end Il tbs gimp. and this course pro-
vents linking and breAking oE tho gimp
and the lossof the fish =
I'm trolling for BLACK bass, perch, roek
bass and plkr pcn-h deadly gang u com
posed Of q nins foo, single OF double qua
leader and four flies koosrn aASs1h Green's
'aToritss. For tho tail or stnstshsr fy
seth Green" IS It'd, for the frEE dnDppcr
B Governor Alvoufl," farEhs soeond drop
per a Grizzly King" ard far thu uppeE
iropper "A "Iako George Forena 'sIAks
George" d-opper ltya Eziun0w ia. often
used WIN seth Green Eabg
ln salt water fishing = gang ofIe0 very
popular has long sinzs bern discarded by
many anglers on account Of its bunElinR
It consisted Of two pieces Of
brass vTire bent - form nearly quadrant
81 a circle. These VIM were f4ssned to-
get her in such WY thar uhen ia us they
we're pulled cut 70 form nearly bali CIR
lie Tho other eT1da were Termed into
oops. and from ezeis end q gut or gimp
eadrr WAS suEperdcd. tbs leader being
ouE or short acesr1lag % The dsgth Of tia
sater. IL was suspended from thu center.
md swivel Usaeozsst rylc5sE1 IN tbs top 50
hat the agpsxzE1z osuId TsvolYs when .
--i took lie koo< ca ozs 81 the lines
rom the eeutzr bclosy was susprade-d =
cad sinksr- This gang was superneslssd By
..gatzr inveHti01- With the ~ snker.
art b1zEore. Che vzvcs frolickes and Il
Fzs not certain x*echsr tbs Gshsxrnza had
ish or ucs, szd the oobbing Of Tia. liEs
vas often 1Bs % The z.nkcr-
OLe q TIC moot popular yefxfsb gznzs
yzs zdoptef from zsns. sorostisssN ussd
p black sa4ss Fishing. and differs frona ~
MY ia haon- Eos1 painted red f0zsinzs
70 he w2ter. Is sirgpatritY IL is great
merit. The fishing lEo - Dansed through
10 era q = thTes armed swivel Th1n
nel il f&stensd - tn third rye, h z-2il
,eiag divided a. It's fur1hsz czzf iato TIVE
.rruz Ons ARA = short and ozae long. 50
bzt both b11ka VII lot cgzac tozslAzr.e--
sew York TsL1sz-
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