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SPINNING AND BAIT FISHING FOR 

 SALMON AND TROUT. 



FOR convenience of reference I shall divide these subjects 

 into their * specific ' variations as follows : 



Spinning for salmon. 



Worm fishing for salmon and bull trout. 



The prawn or ' shrimp bait ' for salmon. 



Spinning for lake trout. 



Stream minnow spinning for brown trout. 



Worm fishing for brown trout. 



Creeper, and stone-fly fishing, wasp-grubs, &c. 



The subject of Thames trout fishing is treated of in a 

 separate article (Volume II.) from the pen of the late Mr. 

 H. R. Francis, in whose references to grayling fishing (p. 318 

 Volume I.) will also be found some additional notes on bait 

 fishing for grayling with the gentle and artificial grasshopper. 



SPINNING FOR SALMON. 



All minnow spinning for salmon, whether in lake or river, 

 is in my experience very much a matter of locality. That is tc 

 say, in other words, that it is only certain rivers and lakes in 

 which the spinning bait can be used with any probability of 



