176 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
basket three fish for two taken by any other legitimate 
method. 
To this result several causes combine. The pzquant 
effect of an apparently wounded fish upon a Pike’s appe- 
tite ; the concealment of the hooks by the bait’s rotary 
motion ; and last, not least, the great extent of water . 
which may be fished in a given time. Add to this the 
almost universal applicability of spinning to all countries 
and climates, and it must be admitted that it fully justi- 
fies the high position in piscatorial precedence awarded 
it by most modern authorities. 
The first distinct mention of spinning for Pilke—as we 
understand the meaning of the word “ spinning”’—that I 
am acquainted with in our Lzdliotheca Piscatoria occurs 
in Robert Salter’s ‘“‘ Modern Angler,” the second edition 
of which was published in 1811, the first edition being 
probably therefore a good deal older. Spinning for 
Trout, however, has been known and practised at any rate 
since the time of Walton, who says that the Minnow 
should be so put on the hook that “it must turn round 
when ’tis drawn against the stream.” 
SPINNING FLIGHTS. 
Bearing in mind the principles—already pointed out 
in the Chapters on Tackle, p. 16—which should. rule in 
-the construction of all spinning gear, I devoted a good 
deal of time and attention, some years ago, to making a 
perfect flight of hooks for this purpose, and the diagrams 
