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with the gut between them, and then firmly tied with 

 waxed silk. But I procured from Ireland a set of hooks 

 wedded or united together, and they are far superior to 

 single hooks joined by tying together, for they frequently 

 double up, and become very troublesome. George Karr, 

 before named, can rig this kind of train better than any 

 man in the city, as far as my experience goes. 



5th. THE BAIT AND FLIES. The proper bait is the 

 shiner, which can be plentifully procured in all the lakes of 

 Hamilton County. They are taken with the smallest kind 

 of hook, Nek 12, with worm bait ; and when secured, are 

 put into the bait-kettle, and preserved until used. The 

 mode of putting the shiner on the train is simple : put the 

 lip or single hook through the lip, the middle hook in the 

 belly, the end hook in the tail. 



Unlike trout-fishing proper, I loop on my flies when 

 trolling. About thirty-six inches from the shiner T loop 

 on the leader a large fly ; and thirty inches from that 

 fly I loop a smaller-sized one, and then I am rigged to 

 "throw out." 



