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MODERN SEA FISHING 



BABY SPINNER 





with this particular form of bait. Another capital bait is a 

 piece of sole or other fish skin cut fish shape and hung be- 

 low one of 

 these spin- 

 ners, with 

 or without 

 another piece of 



i. I \ / sole-skin hung be- 



V/ ,,iuW' low the hook as 



illustrated. 



A very excel- 

 lent artificial bait 

 is a sort of elongated baby 

 spinner working on the 

 shank of the hook, which 

 gives a very fair imitation 

 of a launce or sand-eel 

 flitting through the water. 

 But the best sand-eel is one 

 cut carefully out of sole or gurnard skin 

 and sewn over the shank of the hook, 

 below the baby spinner. The back should 

 be coloured with green varnish, and the 

 mouth should be left unsewn, so that the 

 water may flow in as it does in a phantom 

 minnow and plump up the bait. 



A very favourite bait for small pollack 

 which are caught in spring on the Cornish 

 and Devon coasts, is an arrangement curious 

 both in form and name to wit, the Belgian 

 Grub. One is shown in the illustration. 

 It consists of a hook on which is moulded 

 a dumpy body of plaster of Paris or other 



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KAHY SP1NNKR 



WITH SOLE-SKIN 



BAIT BELOW 



