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SALMON AND TROUT- 



In choosing leads for baiting with the loach the thinnest 

 should have the preference, as the little fish has not a very 



capacious 'gape,' and if the 

 leads are too thick they are 

 apt to split the jaws. The 

 length of the lead will also 

 vary slightly as the bait is 

 longer or shorter ; with the 

 * Dee ' flight one inch, 'cap' 

 included, would be about 

 correct for a loach of 3 

 inches. For a long slender 

 bait of 3 1. inches, a slightly 

 longer lead say ij in. is 

 desirable. Small baits are 

 preferable to large ones in 

 lake trout spinning ; indeed, 

 I think the bait can hardly 

 be too small if it spins 

 really well, and, as observed, 

 a 3|-inch trout should be the 

 maximum size. When from 

 necessity or other cause baits 

 over 3^ inches are used, one 

 or other of the larger flights 

 described, or a small-sized 

 'Pennell- Bromley' flight, 

 can be adopted. 



The mode of construct- 

 ing the trace for this latter 



tackle is similar to that already described, but substituting for 

 the swivel-compeller, and in the same position on the trace i.e. 

 just above the swivels a fixed ' underhung ' lead, five or six 

 feet above the bait. The weight of the lead must of course 

 vary according to circumstances. I find that for this purpose 

 an ordinary pipe-shaped lead, attached to the trace by a piece 



PEMNELL-BROMLEY FLIGHT.' 



