28 SPOON-BAITS [PART i. 



piece left hanging loosely from it, will be found, 

 when kept in motion, very attractive to Lythe, 

 Cuddies, &c. 



The spoon-baits are, I believe, very good for 

 Jack, and Trout may also be killed with them. I 

 have not, however, used them much myself, having 

 rather a preference for the other descriptions that 

 I have mentioned. A friend of mine tells me he 

 has found that a drop or two of red sealing-wax 

 dropped inside the spoons, makes them more 

 enticing. It was, I think, M c Gowan, the fishing- 

 tackle maker in Bruton-street, (in whom, by the 

 way, from his practical knowledge of the subject, 

 confidence may be placed in matters connected 

 with Salmon and Sea Trout fishing,) who told me 

 he knew of a case where a gentleman's valet in 

 Scotland, one day when all the gentlemen of the 

 party had gone down to the river for Salmon, him- 

 self went out on a lake adjoining the house, trail- 

 ing a spoon-bait, and surprised them, on their 

 return with empty creels, by exhibiting two clean 

 Salmon which he had caught there with it. 



It will be well worth the while of any one w r ho 

 may be going on a fishing excursion where there 

 are pieces of water stocked with Jack, to put up, 

 with his fishing-tackle, two or three of the India- 



