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CHAPTER 'X; 
RIVER AND LAKE MINNOW-SPINNING FOR TROUT. 
Spinning with the natural bait.—The essentials of a perfect minnow 
tackle; how to be combined in practice; a mew minnow tackle 
described. Artificial baits. New metal minnow described. Lake 
Spinning for Trout—The Great Lake Trout ; how, when, and where 
to fish for ; tackle. Lake-Spinning for Brown Trout. Best mode of 
fishing ; tackle, and baits. Thames Trout-fishing, with the spinning 
bait and with fly. Decrease of Thames Trout. 
SPINNING WITH THE NATURAL BAIT. 
BEFORE dealing with the question of how to spin with 
the Minnow, a preliminary consideration is the tackle 
most suitable for the purpose. In this, in fact, as in 
most other works of fishing, the tackle is really the most 
essential part of the matter, so far as the angling instruc- 
tion is concerned ; one reason amongst many being that 
forms of tackle can be readily illustrated and conveyed 
by written descriptions, whereas skill and experience, 
except in their results, cannot. 
What, then, is the best Minnow tackle ? 
In order that we may arrive at a satisfactory answer 
to this question, we must first ascertain what are the 
