SALMON FISHING. 
slipping up and down. The trace 
should consist of fine stained Salmon- 
gut, but in other respects, the tackle, 
with the rod, reel, and running line, 
should be similar to that recom- 
mended for Pike (vzde chapter on 
Pike-spinning). In order to bait 
this tackle, take an Eel of from 
about II to 14 inches in length, 
and skin it* to within 4 inches of the 
tail, cutting off the skin and flesh 
neatly at this point. Then cut off 
with a sharp pair of scissors the turned 
over portion of the skin half-way 
down. Next insert the hook in the 
centre of the flesh at the upper end 
of the bait, and run it through, as one 
would threddle a worm, until the point 
is brought out about an inch and a 
half from the tail end, curving the bait 
* To SKIN AN EEL.— Having killed the 
Eel, make a circular incision through the skin 
below the pectoral fin. This is best done by 
passing the blade of a sharp penknife under the 
skin, bit by bit, in a circular direction. ‘Then 
pin the head of the Eel down to a table with a 
steel fork, and having got hold of the edge of 
the skin with the finger nails, and turned down 
a little way, take hold of it with a dry cloth, and 
it will generally peel off with ease. 
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