TROUT RIVER AND LAKE MINNOW-SPINNING. 1 2 3. 



finer trace and flight, though of the same pattern as 

 Fig. I, and smaller baits should be used. The trace in 

 this case should be constructed with two yards of stout, 

 round, stained gut between the lead and the flight. If 

 as small a bait as a Minnow, or very small loach — an 

 excellent bait — is used, the same trace and lead, but the 

 flight recommended for Trout-spinning in streams, 

 (fig. 3, Plate, p. 116) must be substituted. 



In every other respect, — that is to say, except in time,, 

 tackle, and size -of bait, — there is no difference in 

 principle or practice between lake trolling for Brown 

 Trout and for great Lake Troi^t. 



Loach — or more accurately " stone loach" — can gene- 

 rally be caught by wading up a shallow burn, armed 

 with a fork, and turning over the stones. The loach,, 

 which has an ostrich-like habit of thinking its body hidden 

 when its head is, permits itself to be " speared" without 

 much difficulty. 



In all sorts of spinning, whether in lake or river, a 

 good breeze is usually an advantage. In the case of 

 very large sheets of water, I have, however, on more 

 than one occasion, made very good baskets of Brown 

 Trout in a dead calm, and with a bright sun over 

 head. 



Artificial Baits. 



No artificial bait with which I am acquainted is nearly 

 so good for lake trolling as a natural one. The spooa 



