MODERN SPINNING FLIGHTS. 



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mucli prefer those tackles in whicli the bait is guarded on both 

 sides. 



Of the more modern flights which spin 

 the bait by curving its tail, the two most 

 generally approved of by pike-fishermen are 

 the Francis flight and the Pennell flight. It 

 will be seen from a glance at Figs. 30, 31, 32, 

 and 33, that they are very similar in prin- 

 ciple. The curve in the tail of the bait in 

 each depends on a reversed hook, and one, 

 or, at most, two triangles are deemed suffi- 

 cient to hook the pike. I can speak from 

 experience very highly of both these tackles, 

 though they do not carry out the principle 

 I think so admirable of having both sides 

 of the bait guarded ; but they do hook well, 

 and the reason of their success is, no doubt, 

 owing to the use of flying triangles. From 

 the good results I have obtained with both 

 these tackles, and also with the Chapman 

 Spinner, which I will shortly describe, I am 

 inclined to think that the principle to be 

 carried out in spinning flights is to have 

 triangles on both sides of the bait when a 

 hook of each triangle is fixed into the bait, 

 but to have a flying triangle when only one 

 side of the bait is guarded. 



The Lip-hook shown in the Pennell flights 

 is an improvement over the old pattern, in 

 being made entirely of steel, and in the 

 angle the eyes make with the shank of the 

 hook. I find lip-hooks very apt to rust 

 under the gimp. This source of weakness 

 (for the rust eats into the gimp) might be 

 avoided by making the lip-hooks of phos- 

 phor-bronze. 



The diagrams show so clearly how the baits are mounted 

 on these flights that a long, written description is unnecessary ; 



Figs. 30 and 31. Fran- 

 CIS Flight (Baited 

 AND Unbaited). 



