Spinning for Mahseer. 



CHAP. V. 



anglers may not all have my prejudices, and may like to judge for 

 themselves, so the plate is given. 



The Chapman spinner is a favourite with many, so much so that at 

 Loch Lomond I could get none other. But even so I would none of 

 them because of those objectionable screws at the head. 



I 



ARCHER 

 SPINNER 



(baited). 



ARCHER SPINNER 

 (unbaited). 



CHAPMAN 



SPINNER 



(unbaited). 



Most fishermen are familiar with the phantom silk spinning minnow. 

 They have the advantage of being light for throwing, but to my think- 

 ing they are too light for spinning deep enough, are always coming 

 to the surface, and they have the very objectionable feature of screws 

 obtruding at the head. I never would use anything for Mahseer that 

 was thus handicapped. 



A multitude of hooks, even if they were not repellent, as they 

 obviously must be in bright water, are not at all necessary in India. 

 They are made in England for fishes whose mouths are so full of teeth 

 and scarcely-covered bone, that the surface presented to the hook is so 

 hard that the chances are sadly against a hook penetrating, and getting 

 a hold, and therefore the hooks are multiplied with a view to increasing 

 the chances of hooking a fish. But the Mahseer's mouth and lips are 



