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mium at the World's Fair in Paris, and the beauty of its 

 make surpasses any spinning bait that I have seen. A small 

 brass swivel connects the gimp snell with the line. 



PATENT FEATHERED TROLL. - No. 3. 



Among the many efforts at making captivating metal trolls, 

 the one with a piece of silver, in the oval or fish-form, revolv- 

 ing at the head of the shank of the hook, proved, from the 

 year it was invented, the most successful ; and, when the ad- 

 dition of feathers was introduced, I trolled with it at the 

 Thousand Islands, Rice Lake, and on other waters, always 

 with great satisfaction. 



The hooks should be heavy and well tempered. M'Harg's 

 troll was very popular at the Thousand Islands, chiefly be- 

 cause it was made with a pair of hooks ; but he tells me that 

 recently trollers prefer a cluster of three hooks. Mr. Clerk 

 says the same. It is a great mistake, because large fish crush 

 a cluster of hooks and disgorge them. 



The feathers, which I found the most taking were the red 

 ibis. The best troll that I ever used for maskinonge is a red 

 ibis feather for the top of the troll, and a small tuft of white 

 hair from a deer's tail for the under side. The white hair 

 from a deer's tail is brilliant in the water, and it disguises the 

 point of the hook, while the attractive red feathers extend 

 back of the bend of the hook from the top of the shank. I 

 prefer, also, plain brass trolls, trolls of silver for one side and 

 of copper for the other, and trolls of pure silver. The troll 

 for maskinonge should be oval in shape, and from two and a 

 half to three inches long, playing round from a shoulder on 

 the shank of the hook. The hooks should be next to the lar- 

 gest size represented on the plate of implements for taking 

 striped bass. 



SPINNING-TACKLE FOR LIVE BAITS. 



The three desiderata in spinning rigs for trolling with and 

 playing live bait are, 1st, the strength and applicability of 



