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lake trout getting the light flashes, made a lunge for 

 the spoon, dulled his teeth on it, and then beat it. 

 Thanks to the old " hard-panner " and his ability 

 to assimilate an idea, we have the legion of spoon 

 baits to-day. He rescued the spoon, cut off the bowl, 

 bored a hole in each end, linked a hook in one end 

 and a line in the other, and ate fish for supper that 

 very night. 



The changes that have been made in the old 

 original spoon in shape, size and decorations, runs 

 up into the hundreds. They are plain, fluted, 

 grooved, hammered, corrugated, ribbed, and what- 

 not, and as long as they spin around in the water 

 they get the fish. You can get them in gold, silver, 

 nickel, copper, brass or enamel and if you tried out 

 the whole kit, you'd be busy the rest of the season 

 without a layoff for grub. 



GREAT STUFF FOR TROLLING 



For trolling the spoon hook will hold its own any 

 time. Bass, pickerel, pike and musky like to give 

 it the once-over as it glides through the water, shoot- 

 ing its light shafts in all directions. It can be seen 

 for quite a distance under water and can be used 

 either with plain hooks or with a feathered or buck- 

 tailed treble hook. A single hook with a minnow, 

 shiner, frog or pork rind works well with a spoon. 



For bass, a No. 3 tandem Hildebrandt Slim Eli, 

 or Standard shape, or a Skinner No. 3 Fluted Spoon 



