SALMON FISHING. | 169 
and Salmon may be taken by the Eel-bait. Salmon 
will also in some waters take the Parr-tail, and 
occasionally the Minnow ; but I believe that if Salmon 
will take spinning bait at all the Eel-tail will in nine 
cases out of ten be found the most killing, besides being 
much the least trouble ; as, when once baited, it is almost 
everlasting. Eels also sufficient for the purpose can 
almost always be procured by setting a night-line for 
them, either in ponds or rivers. The spinning bait for 
Salmon should be worked more slowly and gently than 
that used in Pike fishing, and the line should be suffi- 
ciently leaded to carry the bait nearly to the bottom of the 
river. No general rules can be given as to the state of 
water, or the season when Salmon will best take a spin- 
ning bait. Different localities differ on these points. Th 
the Tweed, for instance, April, May, and sometimes 
March, are considered the best months, and according 
to Border canon, Tweed fish rarely take the spinning 
bait when the water is discoloured, or beyond its ordi- 
nary spring size. In the Clare-Galway river, Ireland, 
on the contrary, the Eel-bait comes on principally late 
in the season, and I have known fish killed by it in 
October when the water was too much discoloured for 
the fly. 
WoORM-FISHING. 
The above observaticns on the differences of water 
and season for the spinning bait in different localities, 
