MINNOW-FISHING 



but not stiffly, as with wire on stout, round 

 refina gut, the lower part single, upper part 

 double ; a very small swivel at the head completes 

 it. My reason for advising single gut for the 

 lower part and 

 absence of all 

 stiffness is that 

 when well mois- 

 tened this tackle Fig- " 



Offers no lever- Small minnow baited for spinning. 



age or purchase to a fish to break loose, but, on the 

 contrary, works so as to get more hooks into it. 

 The trebles cannot be kept too sharp. Another 



excellent 

 3* tackle substi- 

 tutes single 

 hooks for 

 trebles, and 

 has recently 

 been very 

 well spoken 

 of for its 



Fig. 12. 

 Devon tackles. 



hooking powers. For one thing, there is far 

 less trouble in disengaging the hooks from a 

 fish, not to mention out of the meshes of one's 

 landing-net, if fouled there, which is almost 

 certain. In this tackle there are two side singles 



