TACKLE FOR SPINNING AND TROLLING. 



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knoweth not. Anyhow, it is a novelty, and as such, recommends itself 

 alike to fisher and fish. 



The "Wheeldon" spinner (registered) 

 consists of a hollow piece of silver plated 

 metal shaped like one half of a small fish. In 

 this hollow is placed the sinker, painted red. 

 Flanges or fins of a rather large size are fixed, 

 as nsual, at the head part of the bait, which 

 has its hooks well arranged. 



In a recent tonr from Teddington to Oxford 

 and back, I tried this bait repeatedly with 

 remarkably satisfactory results. I found it 

 to be an unfailing spinner, and that the fiery 

 flashing of the silver and red was very 

 attractive apparently to both pike and perch. 

 The following is an excerpt from my diary 

 for four days on the Thames, from Sunbury 

 to Surley Hall : First day, four jack, weight, 

 10lb. ; second day, three jack, two perch 

 two of the jack were under size, the other 

 weighed 51b., the two perch, weight, 2lb. 

 the two ; third day, six jack two under size, 

 four weighing lOlb., and four perch giving 

 3f Ib. ; fourth day, seven jack three under 

 size, four giving lllb. 14oz., one perch lb. 

 These were all taken with the Wheeldon bait, 

 and I cannot refuse, therefore, this tribute to 

 an idea which is novel to the fish, and capi- 

 tally worked out by the maker. 



If the former bait is good for pike, as an 

 artificial one, the following is better, for it 

 is the very best artificial bait for pike I know 

 of Fig. 50 shows it. It is termed by the 

 maker (Gregory) the "Clipper," and really, 

 in the most expressive sense of the word, it is 

 a "clipper." It is usually made of bright 

 nickel or plated silver, with dashes of red 

 between the sides near the tail, and a red 

 worsted tassel intermingled with silver tinsel 

 completes the tout ensemble. There is a 

 twist in its structure near the tail that, with- '' / ' 

 out distorting the appearance, greatly adds F IG> 50. CLIPPER PIKE BAIT. 



