Fish and Fishing 



powerful double hook curved down, the barb 

 pointing exactly right to pull as well as to 

 hold. It is very artistically dressed to hide the 

 hooks with buck's tail, red feather, and peacock 

 feather. It did the trick; secured more fish than 

 those I had, though anglers there admired my 

 Pflueger tandem spinner, which I had success 

 with. I am convinced that the triangle hook is 

 inferior to hold, and to get a hold (especially 

 the very large ones), to the double or even single 

 hook. It is not often that a treble hook has more 

 than one barb fastened; sometimes two, hardly 

 ever three. If a single large hook is left free, it goes 



in to stay, it holds, and a double hook, 

 Discard both points being one-sided, also takes 

 Hooks hold to stay. Many expert anglers agree 



on this point ; they invariably replace the 

 treble hook by a single one. The larger salmon 

 are taken on flies with a single hook, and the 

 monster game fish of the sea are taken on a single, 

 though of a good size; still the subject is a matter 

 of personal opinion, and each angler will do as 

 he pleases, whatever is said in books. 



There is now a large bass fly, as well as trout fly, 



made with small spinners above, some revolving 



both ways; others single and revolving from a 



central rod. They are very attractive 



Spoons '^^^^^ ^^^ ^'S^^ casting on the surface, 



and useful under water with sinkers, 



to be trolled along a few feet from the bottom and 



a few feet from the surface, wherever the fish may 



lie. These tiny spoons, glistening on a dull day, 



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