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MODERN SEA FISHING 



opinion, quite the best phantom made. As a rule, these 

 freshwater baits are not properly mounted for sea fishing, the 

 triangles are not strong enough in the wire, and steel swivels 

 are commonly used which are quite unsuitable for salt water. 



There is an ex- 

 cellent bait which 

 has caught me many 

 a fish both in fresh 

 and salt water 

 bass, pollack, pike, 

 trout, perch and sal- 

 monand that is 

 Gregory's Clipper. 

 One great advan- 

 tage it has is that 

 it revolves on the 

 gimp, while the tri- 

 angles do not re- 

 volve. In many 

 baits the triangles 

 spin round with 

 great speed, and one 

 is very apt to prick 

 fish without hook- 

 ing them. Speaking 

 generally, sea fish 

 take a bait so raven- 

 ously if they come 

 at it at all, that a 

 single hook is usually quite as effective as a triangle. The 

 best clippers have golden backs and silver bellies. 



A comparatively new bait, in which, also, the triangle 

 does not spin, is the Cartman spinner. It spins easily and 



GEEN'S SPIRAL 

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CARTMAN SIMNNER 



