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mentis advanced in their favour, have at last decided in 

 favour, first, of one which has no other name, to my know- 

 ledge, than " Storr's flight " ; and the other, I believe, is 

 called Wood's Chapman spinner. The latter has a lead 

 weight moulded around a length of brass wire, which is 

 sharpened at the end, and armed with a small hook. At 

 the head of the weight are a couple of flanges to give the 

 requisite spinning motion. The sharply-pointed leaded 

 wire, with its little hook, is thrust into the interior of the 

 fish until the flanges protrude on either side of the mouth. 

 Two sets of flights then lie along the sides of the bait. The 

 whole arrangement is of course kept from slipping out by 

 the aforementioned small hook attached to the wire. 



This bait spins beautifully, and it has the very desirable 

 advantage of making but one splash when thrown into the 

 water, because, the weight being within the bait, the usual 

 lead attached to the trace, a foot or so from the bait, is dis- 

 pensed with. The disadvantage of the Chapman spinner is 

 that after being in action a short time the tender interior of 

 the fish with which you are spinning yields to the constant 

 pressure of the tiny hook, and there is a gradual withdrawal 

 of the flanges from the mouth. Still it is an excellent bait, 

 because you can at least make sure that it will always 

 revolve steady and straight, while the disposition of the 

 flights gives the pike very little chance when once he has 

 closed his jaws upon it. 



Storr's flight is a simj^le and convenient, yet at the 

 same time effective, arrangement. It consists of one 

 large triangle, two of the hooks standing out laterally. 

 This is attached to a piece of gimp half an inch 

 longer than the bait to be used. By means of a 

 baiting-needle the gimp is passed through and out of 

 the mouth, the large triangle jamming against the vent, 



