This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...being afterwards fishing. Bulters professionals, "marled down," leaving a large loop at the end. Sometimes they are protected by copper-wire for a short distance above the hook. The snoods are attached to the backing at regular intervals apart, which are always double the length of each snood. Buoys and anchors are employed to moor the bulter, and they are shot in deep water on " marks" well known to the local fishermen. Spillering is capital amusement for the amateur, the "spiller," as it is called, being more convenient, and is, in reality, only a bulter on a small scale. All kinds of fish, such as turbot, plaice, gurnards, bass, pollack, and cod, may be taken with them, and hauling in such a line always creates much excitement, especially Fig. 38.--Rig for Spiller Snoods (a brass sheave with copper wire twisted around the groove and swivel). amongst the young people. Fig. 38 depicts an excellent invention for keeping the snood from fouling the main line, or spiller " back." It is a round brass sheave, with a hole in the centre, through which the line passes, and any ironmonger would supply them. It should revolve quite loosely upon the main line, the hole being enlarged for that purpose. Place two or three turns of lead-wire on either side to keep it in its position. Pass a piece of stout copper-wire around the groove, and, having made an eye in the longer end and inserted a swivel, twist the two ends together. Stout conger-line should constitute the spiller "back," and the hooksNo. 3/0, round-bend--to the number of 100 to 150, are each attached to pieces of stout snooding 18in. in length. The end of each is then fastened to the eye of a swivel. To keep the hooks and snoods from becoming entangled, an arr...