Marjorie rowed up the point a little way so she would not disturb the line.

“Should I let it drop?” Marjorie called back, holding the line in her hand.

Marjorie dropped the line overboard and watched the baits go down through the water.

He reeled in the slack line so the line ran taut out to where the bait rested on the sandy floor of the channel and set the click on the reel.

Then Marjorie rowed the boat out over the channel-bank, holding the line in her teeth, and looking toward Nick, who stood on the shore holding the rod and letting the line run out from the reel.