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the opposite side of tlie bait to the threaded gill. The tackle so 

 baited is shown in Fig. 35. It is improved by a fixed lip-hook, 

 which has to be passed through the gill and brought out at the 

 mouth — a delicate operation ; or a sliding lip-hook can, of course, 

 be passed down the gimp after the triangles are placed. 



There is yet another method of using this tackle — one which I 

 can strongly recommend ; but the addition of a lip-hook and 

 4in. of copper wire, one end of which is turned into an eye, and 

 the eye bent at right angles to the rest of the wire, is essential. 

 This simple tackle hooks well, is easy to adjust, and spins the 

 bait as well as any other flight. To adjust it, stick the lip-hook 

 through both lips (the top lip first, if a gudgeon) of the bait, and 

 catch one hook of each triangle on the side, leaving the gimp 

 between the lip-hook and the triangles rather loose than tight ; 

 then pass the end of the gimp through the eye of the wire. 



Fig. 35. Nottingham Spinning Tackle. 



The wire can then be brought down the gimp, and thrust right 

 down the centre of the bait until it is buried as far as the 

 eye which rests against the lip-hook. The tail of the bait can 

 then be bent. The triangles should be on the outside of the 

 curve.* 



A few words now as to the second, but not inferior, class of 

 spinning tackles, and I have done with the flighty portion of my 

 subject. For years the best flight which spins a straight bait 

 has been the well-known Chapman Spinner (see Fig. 36). 

 Above the fans should be a small brass swivel, and lOin. of 000 

 patent stained gimp. The hooks should be mounted on silver 

 gimp, to match the bait, and, if you are very particular, have 

 the hooks silver-plated and the bindings of the triangles 

 covered with red paint (French polish and powdered red paint). 



* Allcock's Imperceptible Spinner, a capital flight, is made on this principle. 



