MINNOWS. 



That juggling fiend, who never spake before, 

 But cries " I warned thee !" when the deed is o'er. 



Byron. 



Before entering upon any particulars of the 

 '* gentle craft," I must earnestly entreat all 

 Brothers of the Angle to remember a Golden 

 Kule, which ought to be inscribed on every 

 fishing-rod. It is this, — 



Never throw your fly, or put your 

 bait into the water, without expecting 

 A FISH. It is said, that care will kill a cat : I 

 can answer for it, that care has killed, and will 

 kill, many a thousand brace of fish. 



And now for some of the subsidiary Practical 

 Hints, promised in the Title-page. 



I have headed this part with the word Min- 

 nows, merely because it will be found to treat 

 of spinning baits; — the various devices which 

 form this class being generally known under 



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