WATER-WITCHES. 29 



Percba or wlilte leather. Paint and varnish, 

 and you will have fabricated fig. 1. Plate [., 

 — the perfect Water-witch. 



I can safely pledge my word, that this is, 

 without any exception, the most destructive 

 artificial Minnow ever presented to the gastro- 

 nomic propensities of tlie Trout. 



It may be applied, with equal eflBciency, to 

 Jack-fishing. But where very large hooks are 

 used, and coarse tackle, almost any method of 

 baiting will answer. But with Trout it is 

 widely different. Small hooks and fine gut 

 require a management very far removed from 

 that demanded by huge hooks and gimps. 



The killing properties of the bait consist, 

 chiefly, in being able to cover it with hooks on 

 BOTH sides; yet enabling it to spin tvith the 

 greatest velocity ; and, at the same time, the hooks 

 revolving AT A short distance /rom the bait. 



The intention of the drilled brass, through 

 which the gut passes, whereon the hooks are 

 tied, is for the double purpose of keeping them 

 from adhering close to the body, and to prevent, 

 as much as possible, those on one side from 



