SPINNING TACKLES. 21 



Swivels. 



From four to six swivels form the ordinary, and indeed 

 necessary complement to each set of spinning gear, 

 where the lead is suspended on the old plan ; and these 

 being distributed at intervals up and down the trace 

 make a great show and stir in the water, frighten the 

 fish, weaken the tackle, and are withal expensive. 

 With the lead arranged as above a single really good 

 swivel that works freely, fastened immediately below the 

 lead, is usually sufficient for every purpose. The spinner 

 is thus enabled to get a clear 2 or 3 feet of gut or 

 clouded gimp between the bait and the lead — a very 

 material assistance to fine-fishing. The danger of kink« 

 ing, however, from the result of rust or otherwise is di- 

 minished by the use of a double swivel which I have had 

 made for some years past with this object {vide cut). 

 Blue swivels show less in the water than bright 

 ones, and are less liable to rust. There are several 

 swivels now made with a spring loop at one end, 

 to or from which the loop of the line or trace 

 can be attached or detached in a moment by 

 the hand, and these are of great practical con- 

 venience in the manipulation of almost all kinds of spin- 

 ning and trolling trackle. One of the simplest forms is re- 

 presented in the diagram at p. 20. Theoretically it might 

 seem that there would be danger of the loop of the trace 

 or line twisting out of these spring loops, but in practice 



