176 ARTIFICIAL SPINNING-BAITS. 



should be whipped on with light-coloured silk, 

 waxed with white wax. 



The fish you intend for baits, provided you can- 

 not keep them alive, having no bait-kettle or well 

 in your boat to do so, should be killed immediately 

 they are caught, and not be allowed to lie about 

 anywhere until they die. If you suffer them so 

 to lie about, they will lose a portion of their 

 scales, and become less brilliant than they ought 

 to be. Dead -bait boxes are made something like 

 sandwich -boxes, some not divided in the inside, 

 and others divided into little compartments, to 

 keep the baits separate, and so prevent speedy 

 decomposition. If baits are put into bran the 

 moment they are caught, they will soon die, pre- 

 serve their scales and colour, and last good for two 

 or three days. 



Artificial Spinning-baits. The tackle-shops 

 are inundated with varieties oft hem. They will 

 all kill fish more or less successfully; but the 

 majority of them are inferior to the natural bait. 

 The large brilliant ones will kill in deep lakes, 

 the smaller ones in streams ; and I fancy they 

 are most useful when the water is beginning to 

 clear after a flood. The best artificial fish-baits 

 are those called c flexible,' made by Mr. Flinn, of 

 Broad Street, Worcester. 



