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stone flies, and the reflection that you conquer your antagonist 

 by his carnal weakness, not by your own skill. Wananishe 

 will take bait, but as worms do not live in Laurentian syenite, 

 the Jiabitant fisherman uses a bit of the Wananishe itself. 

 The eye, trolled behind a canoe, is sometimes very deadly, and 

 the jumping a large fish will do when he has swallowed the 

 eye of one of his brethren with a hook in it, is almost sufficient 

 excuse for such an abuse of angling. The spoon is another 

 favorite bait of the habttmtt, but it soon frightens all the fish 

 that have seen its effects. The artificial minnow trolled suc- 

 ceeds well sometimes. I have no doubt that a live or dead 

 minnow, spun in the style of Thames Trout-fishing — one of 

 the most artistic modes of angling, though very little known 

 and rarely practiced on this side of the Atlantic — would prove 

 successful when the fish will not take fly. 



The choice of rods and tackle depends on the kind of angler 

 using them. I have seen fishermen catching Wananishe with 

 a so-called "Grilse rod," sixteen feet long, which most 

 people would consider a rather heavy Salmon rod, and 

 others handle the same-sized fish easily with a seven-ounce 

 Trout rod. A rod strong enough to recover a long line quickly 

 in a heavy current, and with good killing powers, is necessary, 

 for Wananishe are stubborn fighters, and require to be given 

 the butt hard. The size of the line will depend, of course, on 

 that of the rod, but there should be plenty of it — fifty yards 

 at least, and one is safer with seventy-five, in view of long 

 runs. The use of a thirty-yard line spliced to a much finer 

 "business line," as is customary in Salmon-fishing, will avoid 

 the necessity for a reel disproportionate to the weight of the 

 rod, if this be light. 



The casting-line, or "leader," as Americans call it, should be 

 of strong, even Salmon-gut. There is a great deal of wear and 

 tear on casting-lines from the action of the water, and a good 

 allowance is required for sudden strains from the fish leaping 

 when the line is short and taut. But for these considerations 



