180 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
short time, the certainty of hooking a fish is materially 
reduced. I, therefore, had made some twisted “ gut- 
gimp,’ as it may be called—that is, treble gut 
twisted, covered with fine wire—which I find combines 
every necessary quality. 
In order to cause the link of the flying triangle to 
stand well out from the bait, it should be ¢zed round the 
central link ina half knot, as shown in the diagrams, 
before being lapped. This is of importance. The gimp 
wire can be unwound from that portion of the gut which 
is required for tying the knot. 
With the exception of the lip-hook, I generally cover 
the lapping of the hooks used in spinning flights with 
silver tinsel, which perhaps increases somewhat the 
attractive effect, and blinds the eyes of the fish as to 
the character of these glittering appendages. 
The next, and almost equally important portion of 
spinning gear is— 
THE TRACE. 
This should be made of one of two substances— 
stained gimp, as before stated, or szngle gut. 
For very fine fishing I commonly make my own traces 
of five or six lengths of the thickest salmon gut (stained) 
that can be obtained—two above the lead, and three 
below,—and when properly tied and managed, I speak 
from experience in asserting that such a trace will hold 
anything of the Pike species up to twenty pounds, and | 
