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trout it occasionally surpasses the artificial fly itself. 

 Its irregularity of motion, consequent upon the mode 

 of revolution, seems to be its charm ; and although 

 it does not spin as well as the Archimedes, it is in- 

 finitely more killing. It has in open water almost 

 supplanted the use of bait for pickerel and mascal* 

 longe, and it has been used to a murderous extent 

 by greedy fishermen in trolling the waters of Moose- 

 head Lake for trout. 



