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SILVER SHINER AND GOLDEN CHUB 



New Minnows for Surface or Deep-Water Trolling 



After Big Lake Trout, Togue, Mascalonge, or 



Salmon 



From different sections of this country — Maine, 

 Nova Scotia, Ontario, Lake Keuka in northern 

 New York — there have come requests for a nature 

 lure in the shape of a shiner minnow to take the 

 place of natural bait — a lure big enough for troll- 

 ing in deep water after very large game fishes, 

 running up to fifty pounds' weight. To meet such 

 a demand, it was necessary to make numerous trials 

 in order to overcome certain difficulties, the great- 

 est of which was to get a bait equally good for use 

 at the surface and at the bottom. I succeeded at 

 last in producing what may be seen on this page — 

 a silver dace or shiner — and a golden chub, con- 

 structed in various materials round a single power- 



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