IV. 



fident of winning, as I knew the spinning qualities of 

 these devil killers to be such that the fish could not resist, 

 but would come at it like a flash of lightning. The 

 angler should spin it quickly and keep it well under 

 water ; not use it like the late Dr. Jephson, of Leamington, 

 did. Soon after I brought it out, he sent for three ; a 

 friend of his, who had used it successfully, recommending 

 him to try it. He tied a piece of line to the three devil 

 killers and threw them into the river Leam, securing the 

 line to the bank, and leaving them in all night. The 

 next morning, on attempting to take them up, he found 

 two fast to the bottom, and of course lost them. He 

 told his angling friend he did not think much of my 

 devil killers, as he had put three in the river all night and 

 had not caught a fish, losing two of them into the bargain. 

 I have briefly described how to use the real and artificial 

 minnow. 



The anecdotes I have related are facts and incidents 

 in my own fishing experience. I have borrowed from no 

 one ; but have written in the plainest language, so that 

 the youngest angler may understand it and profit by my 

 experience. I think my little Manual will receive a 

 hearty welcome in the angling world, and will be as 

 heartily disapproved by the trout, who will take it hard 

 that seventy years' experience of their tricks should 

 become public property. 



