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Another^way is to have a rod and reel and four or five 

 hundred feet of fine, strong line, and if the water is deep 

 put a lead sinker weighing three quarters of a pound on 

 the end of your line, and tie a single gut leader twelve 

 feet long, on the main line twelve feet above your sinker. 

 For hooks, you should use nine number six Limerick hooks, 

 tied three together, back to back, so that they look like 

 a three-pronged grappel. Tie them on a single gut lead- 

 er about two and one-half inches apart, and you have a 

 gang of hooks five inches long. Put two very small 

 brass swivels on your leader. Use the kind of small fish 

 for bait that the trout are used to eating in your lake. 

 Hook one of the upper hooks through the under and up- 

 per jaw so that his mouth will be closed ; then hook one 

 of the lower hooks through the back near the tail, in such 

 a manner that it will give the fish a curve and will turn 

 around like a trolling-spoon when it 'is drawn through 

 the water. The most successful fishermen use three of 

 these kind of rigs in one boat ; they fish one rig near the 

 top with a light sinker, say four ounces, and one about 

 half-way down with an eight ounce sinker, and the twelve 

 ounce sinker near the bottom. The boat should be rowed 

 very slowly, so that you can feel the bottom with the 

 heavy sinker nearly every time you raise it up and let it 

 down. The bait should be raised up and down by a gen- 

 tle motion ; set the other two lines, one on each side of 

 the boat, and they will take care of themselves. Live 

 fish should be used for bait. Some do not use but eight 

 hooks, one hook for the upper to hook in the minnow's 

 mouth, and one to hook in the back near the tail, and 

 two sets of three each between the two single hooks tied 

 about one and-a-half inches apart. Be careful and keep 

 your minnow looking as natural as possible. Do not rub 

 any more scales off than you can help. When you let 



