CH. II.] KILL-DEVILS FOR TROUT. 23 



Perch. Of the kill-devils with which I have fished, 

 I have caught most Trout with a small brass 

 one, which I got at Bala, pretending no resem- 

 blance to a fish, but consisting of a short round 

 body and two large flanges in size as well as 

 shape like that represented in Fig. 4. The next 



best, which I have principally used when the water 

 contained Jack as well as Trout, is made of Gutta- 

 percha, the size of (and I believe intended to 

 represent) a small Roach, with pectoral flanges, 

 and the tail rounded off; the tail, as the thing 

 is commonly sold, being only in the way. This 

 I have found very useful in some of the Scotch 

 lochs, when short of natural bait 



