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is placed below the center of the gang, because Salmon Trout 

 strike the bait well toward the tail. If, therefore, the min- 

 now is not hooked below the middle, the Trout is quite likely 

 to get away with the lower end of the bait. Before the min- 

 now is placed on the hook, it is stunned by pinching its head. 

 The upper or lip hook is then run through both jaws, fasten- 

 ing them together, while one of the lower hooks is inserted 

 near the tail, and one of the middle set in the side. The 

 minnow should have a slight curve when on the hooks, which 

 will give it a rotary motion resembling a crippled minnow. 

 It should not be curved so as to revolve rapidly. In fishing 

 the lines should go down at an angle of about forty-five 

 degrees. As the tackle described is fine, a fish must be 

 played cautiously until its strength is exhausted. So long as 

 the line is kept taut, the Trout is not likely to escape. In 

 trolling in July, August and September, fish in from fifty to 

 eighty feet of water, and keep the bait within a foot of the 

 bottom. The angler can make sure of this, only by allowing 

 the sinker to touch the bottom occasionally. In the months 

 above named, the Trout bite very early in the morning, and 

 in the evening. During May and June Salmon Trout are 

 found near the surface, and no sinker is then required on 

 the line." 



The following are the dimensions of the "Seth Green 

 Gang," as illustrated in the cut. The hooks are number 8, 

 forged O'Shaughnessy. From the bend of the lower treble 

 hook, A, to the bend of the treble hook B, one and one- 

 quarter inches; from the bend of the treble hook B, to the 

 bend of the double hook, C, two inches. The double hook 

 is made of a number 8 and a number 6, the latter for putting 

 through the head of the bait. From the double hook, C, to 

 the swivel, D, two and a quarter inches; swivel, one-half 

 inch, making a total of six inches. The hooks are whipped 

 on with waxed silk, and the gut is double between the double 

 hook and the swivel. 



