CH. II.] TIN-FOIL AS BAIT FOR SEA-FISH. 27 



runs in every "stickle," and it seemed quite irre- 

 sistible. 



Two years ago, I put up a large coarse mother- 

 o' -pearl kill-devil (which Mr Gould had given me 

 to see what I could make of it) to trail with when 

 pulling up the (salt water) Loch Creran in Argyle- 

 shire. To my surprise the first thing I caught 

 with it was a pretty good Sea Trout, which was 

 succeeded by two or three Lythe (Pollack), Cod- 

 lings, &c. In salt-water lochs a piece of an old 

 white glove sewn over a flight of hooks, of course 

 leaving the hooks exposed, will be found to answer 

 very well. It should be sewn in a round shape, 

 so as to resemble a sand-eel as much as possible. 

 If a piece of silver tinsel be twisted round it, so 

 much the better. If sewn on one of the Archime- 

 dean bait tackles (those intended to be thrust into 

 the mouths of baits, leaving the flanges exposed), 

 it would, I doubt not, be more killing, as the 

 flanges would give a little glitter to the bait, and 

 the spinning of it would prevent the hooks from 

 being so plainly seen. All artificial baits with 

 pectoral flanges are, I think, preferable to 

 those which spin from the tail. A piece of com- 

 mon tin-foil, such as tobacco is wrapped in, 

 simply twisted round the hook, with a small 



