io8 MODERN SEA FISHING 



take so ravenously that a single hook, or two, usually suffices. 



IMPROVED CHAPMAN 

 SPINNER 



There is certainly a loss of 

 time in unhooking fish from 

 triangles. 



Several other improved 

 forms of spinner built on 

 the Chapman principle have 

 been brought out of late 

 years. The latest is Hardy's 

 'Crocodile,' in which the 

 central spike is omitted. 

 One of the best is the ' Bed- 

 ford,' made by Bambridge, in which 

 a kind of safety pin holds the bait 

 very firmly in position. It is certainly 

 a bait economiser. 



When small baits have run short, 

 I have made a quasi-joey by cutting 

 off six inches of the tail end of a 

 mackerel diagonally, scooping out some 

 of the flesh with a sharp penknife, in- 

 serting the spike of one of these spin- 

 ners, and sewing up the edges of the 

 skins together ; or, if a needle and silk 

 have not been handy, binding round the 



