How to Get Them 



Two-hook minnow spinner. 



sightly manner, only inviting when the Avaters are 

 flooded. Trout can also get hold of a small min- 

 now much more easily, so the angler has a much 

 better chance of hooking them. With regard to 

 the number of hooks of which minnow tackle 

 should consist great diversity of opinion exists, 

 but two hooks with a drag behind will kill as 

 many fish as any other combination. The follow- 

 ing cut shows the 

 minnow tackle. 



In baiting take 

 the large hook, 

 and, entering the 

 point at the 

 mouth of the 

 minnow, run it 

 right through the body and bring it out about a 

 quarter of an inch from the tail, leaving 

 the minnow as nearly as possible in the 

 curve shown in cut. The object of the 

 curved form is to have it turn round when drawn 

 against the stream. The upper hook is then 

 stuck through the lips. The angler should, be- 

 fore fishing, draw" it through the w^ater to see if it 

 spins properly. Two swivels should be used to pre- 

 vent the line twisting, and split shots Nos. 2 or 3 

 should be placed above the first swivel, about 

 two feet above the hook, the second, a 

 Wate?"* yard farther up. The mode of fishing 

 flooded water is to throw the minnow 

 across the stream, and work it gradually around, 

 pulling it up from the water a foot or so, then let- 

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Hook 

 Baiting 



