Spinning for Mahseer. 



CHAP. v. 



Mahseer. No sinker is needed because the plate or blade is made 

 thick enough to act as sinker, and to be at the same time strong and 

 stiff enough to give an unyielding curve, and it is a curve that has been 



admirably hit off 

 for spinning the 

 bait. And being 

 spun by the curve 

 it is free from ob- 

 truding screws at 

 the head, so ob- 

 jectionable in the 

 case of any fish 

 that takes its bait 

 head foremost. 

 (See Index for, 

 Mahseer take the 

 bait head fore- 

 most.) The two 

 projecting points 

 keep the bait from 

 slipping. It may 

 be mounted with 

 Mahseer hooks 



and, as the angler prefers, on treble gut, single salmon 

 gut, or wire gimp. When you have read about brake 

 winches and wire traces I expect you will say No. 2 /o 

 wire gimp for preference. 



The Coxon spinner is made on the same lines as 

 the Geen, with the difference that the plate is of soft 

 metal, so that you can bend it to any curve you like 

 every time you bait, and the bait is kept from slipping 

 by the two hooks at the gills which are mounted on 

 steel wire with a strong spring to keep the hooks home. 

 Similarly it should be specially mounted, as particularized 

 in the chapter on tackle. 



I give an illustration of a Geen's Richmond spinner and of a Coxon 

 spinner, specially mounted, with less swivel showing, with wire gimp, and 

 with Mahseer hooks, as J recommended that they should be mounted. 



