TACKLE FOR SPINNING AND TROLLING. 



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reaching behind the tail, and being there still very effective. Fig. 42 is 

 baited by inserting the large hook in the mouth of the minnow and 

 bringing it out near the tail, and then closing the lips with the small 

 hook. The tackles may be made larger or smaller by using different 

 sized hooks, and by lapping them further apart or nearer together ; but 

 the patterns I have given are about right in size or small minnows, and 



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FIG. 43; THE " WALTON 

 H." TACKLE. 



FIG; 44. ANOTHER PATTERN; 



FIG; 45; THE STEWART 

 TACKLE. 



my experience tells me that the smaller the minnow that can be got to 

 spin properly the better the chance of sport in fact, if a small minnow 

 does not spin quite so well, it will be taken in preference to a larger 

 one. 



"Of the three tackle I prefer Fig. 43, as it does not make so much show 

 in the water as Fig. 44, and is much more certain in hooking your fish 



