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solid part of the body beside the anal fin, and brought out at 

 the fork of the tail, giving a curve to the fish, which causes it, 

 when drawn rapidly through swift water, to spin and glance 

 beautifully, in a manner most attractive to this noble fish. All 

 the fins shoiild be cut off except the pectoral on the outer side 

 of the curve, which will cause it to spin more certainly. 



Some persons use a second hook-length with three No. 7 

 hooks tied back to back triangularly, not entered in the bait, 

 but suffered to play loosely around it ; but I see no advantage 

 in the addition. 



With any of these baits, with the art to boot, and a clear eye, 

 a steady nerve and true hand, anywhere almost eastward of the 

 Kennebec, and thence northward to the grand St. Lawrence, 

 the adventurous fisherman is certain of such sport, as, once 

 tried, makes all other fishing for evermore stale, weary, and 

 unprofitable. 



