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ANGLING IN SALT WATER. 



good arrangement, but tlie cut end, whicli comes next tlio 

 fans, must be tied up tigbtly with twine. One bit of eel will 

 sometimes last out a day's fisliing. 



Artificial Spinning Baits. — The 



best are: A spoon-bait each side of 

 which is half gold and half silver; 

 a red phantom minnow ; Gregory's 

 Clipper bait (Fig. 29); the red, arti- 

 ficial, indiarubber sand-eel, with or 

 g without Hearder's Baby spinner at the 

 g head ; the Devon minnow ; and last, 

 M but far from least, two red india- 

 S rubber bands (Fig. 30), cut, and caught 

 ^ by the ends on two hooks placed a 

 Ph few inches apart. These, when drawn 

 H through the water, present a most 

 5 lifelike appearance. The tackle for 

 •^ them is made in a couple of minutes 

 K with two eyed hooks and a length 

 2 of gut. 



p Traces. — The trace is a very im- 



^ portant portion of the spinning tackle, 

 « for on it depends whether or not the 

 g line is twisted up and kinked, and the 

 a angler's life made a burden. The best 

 $: manner of making a ti-ace is illustrated 

 8 in Fig. 31. At the lower end is a swivel 

 ^ of peculiar construction, to which the 

 loop on the flight can be easily attached ; 

 ^. then follows 3ft. 6in. of Patent Gimp or 

 £ double salmon gut ; then a pair of good- 

 sized brass swivels ; a boat-shaped lead, 

 strung below the level of the line, the 

 gimp through it being continued to 

 form a loop 4in. long; and lastly, 2ft. 

 more gimp or double salmon gut. The 

 long loop above the lead is a little idea 



