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[For ' Baiting ' instructions and general observations on 

 these flights, see anteJ] The loach makes one of the very 

 best lake trolling baits, and the * slenderer ' the loach the 

 better it ' spins.' ] 



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'PENNELL' MINNOW-SPINNING FLIGHT. 



1 The loach, as I have observed, is one of the very best spinning baits for 

 all sorts of lake trolling. The way to catch him is to walk up the middle of a 

 shallow pool or stream where he abides, carrying in your hand a three-pronged 

 dinner-fork. Armed with this you turn over with your left hand any flat 

 tempting-looking stones under which the loach, or ' beardie,' as he is some- 

 times called, usually has his habitat ; his nose or tail will very likely be seen 

 projecting. It then becomes a comparatively easy matter with a quick eye and 

 a steady stroke to transfix him with the trident and transfer him to the bait 

 basket. The loach has the very ostrich-like habit of conceiving its body to be 

 hidden whenever its head is, and thus facilitates materially the operations for 

 its capture. H.C.-P. 



