CHAP. V. 



Geeu's Richmond Spinner. 



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tackle " with the exception that I discard the additional flying hook, an 

 extra hook that is certainly both not wanted and highly objectionable 

 for Mahseer, and I have my one hook bigger and stouter. Also the 

 sinker is enlarged. 



I will confess I have not used these sinkers, except for trout, but I 

 have always hankered after them the size for Mahseer, and wire to use 



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TACKLE (baited). (unbaited). 



them on ; and now you can get both, and 

 I should think they ought to be superior 

 to the inside sinker that I have always 

 used (p. 66). 



But for those who are too idle for 

 baiting after this manner, and have not 

 an attendant trained to do it for them, 

 " Geen's Richmond spinner" and "The 

 Coxon spinner," specially mounted for 

 Mahseer, seem to me perfect tackle for 

 the purpose. Of the two I prefer the 

 former. 



Geen's Richmond spinner I have 

 never tried on Mahseer, because I had 

 it not in India, but I have tested it with trout. It is made of 

 two sizes, for trout and for salmon, the former two inches, the latter 

 three inches long in the blade, and the salmon size should suit a 



