FISHING. 



CHAPTER I. 



Directions for Spinning Rod for Trout for Jack Co- 

 vering for Button Rings Line Trace Shot Flights 

 of Hooks Baiting Gimp Treble Gut Single ditto 

 Care as to Tackle " Hanfccfriling" Line A couple of 

 hints Colour of Landing-handle. 



T HAVE experienced so much difficulty in de- 

 termining what is (to my mind) the best 

 form of tackle for spinning, that I make no apo- 

 logy for submitting to those who are fond of 

 this very pleasant mode of fishing the results at 

 which I have arrived. And I do so without 

 hesitation : not that I have the slightest intention 

 of asserting my style of tackle to be perfect, (for 

 most old fishermen have their own peculiar wrin- 

 kles, many of which might probably be adopted 

 with advantage, in addition to, if not in lieu of, 

 my own,) but simply because, having in vain con- 

 sulted the ordinary books on fishing for the 

 information I required, I should have been very 



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