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THE PRACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



aa compared with the brilliant even spin of 

 a Pennell baited tackle or that of a freshly 

 baited Thames flight. Nevertheless this 

 "wobble" is very attractive, and I am 

 not sure it is not preferable to the perfect 

 spin of the "Pennell" flight. As to the 

 hooking powers of the tackle I can only 

 say that I once took thirty-seven fish and 

 lost only" one when using it. 



The reader will, of course, notice a 

 break in the gimp shown in the engraving. 

 It should be here stated that this gimp 

 ought not to be more than nine inches in 

 length from the largest triplet to the loop. 

 Of course, the additional triplet (C), is of 

 various sizes in the angler's basket, and 

 not arbitrarily as shown in the engraving, 

 or it will be found to be unsuitable in 

 some cases, because of shortness of gimp 

 and insufficient size. Both these disabi- 

 lities are, however, not over-necessarily 

 important, because the hook in question 

 is not meant to directly hook the fish, but 

 simply to hold the bait in the first place. 

 Of, course, if, on the off-chance, a fish 

 hooks himself on the disengaged hook, two 

 out of the three are supposed to be em- 

 ployed in firmly holding the bait so much 

 the worse for the fish. 



The manner in which a pike usually 

 i LU takes a bait is crosswise in its mouth. 



A Xow, this tackle, in nine cases out of ten, 

 ^ jH hooks a pike from outside by reason of 



the large triplet not being in but outside 

 the jaws. Of course, in the case of trout 

 this doe not occur, this fish being generally 

 hooked by the tail or shoulder triplet. 



I do not quite know who was the inventor 

 of this species of tackle. I can, however, 

 confidently say that it deserves better re- 

 cognition than it has hitherto received. 

 FIG. 34. IMPROVED SPINNING FLIGHT. Of course, the device of putting to it an 



