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experience has proved to me that they relieve the line 

 better by being at least two feet from the bait. I have 

 three swivels joined together, which I find much neater 

 than the old plan of putting them singly. It is a mistake 

 to suppose that the swivels make the minnow spin ; 

 they only relieve the line from twisting. 



I make my devil killers in three sizes, always using 

 the heaviest and largest when I get to a mill race, and the 

 smaller sizes in shallow water. It is useless making more 

 than three or four spins in one place, for if your fish 

 intends to come he will do so at the first. I believe the 

 worm to be a deadly bait, but I never use it. In fishing 

 with the real minnow I do not agree with spinning it too 

 rapidly, as it is more deadly when done by jerks, or 

 merely sunk and drawn. 



The latest tackle I have brought out, and which has 

 proved the best for the real minnow, is two large treble 

 hooks, on gut, tied about two inches apart. With a 

 baiting needle I run the gut in at the vent and out at the 

 mouth, passing the lead (which should not be too large) 

 into the stomach. I have a treble hook fastened to a 

 loop of gut, which I pass down the trace, and which may 

 be allowed to fly loose or to lock up the mouth of the 

 bait. This may be used as sink and draw, or it will 

 spin freely if preferred. The varieties of minnow tackle 

 are endless, most of which I have tried. Col. Hawker's 

 and Pennell's are both good, and are fully described in 

 their books ; but I have only mentioned those I have 

 proved to be the best killers. The sink and draw or 

 diving minnow prove very deadly, and can be used in 



