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thing else. A small black and red "Quack Doctor" 

 produced a similar effect on the beautiful little trout 

 of Vermont Lake during one bright and rather still 

 afternoon. Finding that nothing else was touched I 

 looped on three of these and hooked, played and 

 boated three half-pound fish at one cast, which was 

 a new experience to me. Of course getting three 

 fish so hooked into the boat is a clumsy process at 

 best, for one or two must be hauled in by the leader, 

 and will certainly be lost unless firmly fastened. 



For this fishing, according to my custom of 

 many years past, I use a small rubber and metal 

 multiplying reel, finding it much preferable to the 

 single action pattern, not only because of its rapid 

 handling of line but also because the reversed action 

 of the spool brings in the line away from the rod, so 

 that it can be readily grasped by the fingers of the 

 left hand. This is a great convenience in fishing 

 from a boat, when I rarely use the reel, but draw in 

 line through the rings with the hands only. The 

 stock objection to a multiplier is that the line is likely 

 to catch on the handle, but I have never had this 

 happen when a trout was on and think that, if ordi- 

 nary care and skill are used, such a danger is purely 

 imaginary. 



The usual landing net for boat use has a bamboo 

 handle about forty inches long and this makes a very 

 handy place to keep spare tips, if hollowed out 

 smooth and fitted with a screw cap. Such a long 

 handle is not essential for lake fishing, nor perhaps 



