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a day, why the game is hardly worth the candle. It is as 

 well where small jack abound to have four or five inches of 

 fine gimp close up to the swivel of the minnow, or whatever 

 else you are using. Almost any small artificial from one 

 to two inches long will do for perch, such as spoons, 

 Devons, phantoms, spirals, Caledonians, etc., and once I 

 saw a spinning ai'rangement on which a lob worm was fixed. 

 This, I fancy, was named " The Jigger," and was a pretty 

 fair success. I give here two or three illustrations of arti- 



FiG. 22. The Phantom Minnow. 



ficials that are about as good as anything that can be tried 

 for perch, but I say again that it is not a very brilliant plan 

 to fill a bag with large perch. 



I must now bring this part of my experiences and in- 

 structions to a close, and trust I have made myself perfectly 

 understood, so that no one, however inexperienced, who is 

 anxious to learn, can possibly make a mistake. 



