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across and down-stream, the bait being finally brought 

 to the bank at your feet. Pike and big trout are lazy, 

 and won't move an inch out of their way, and there- 

 fore in spinning as in wet fly fishing every inch of the 

 water should be searched, and for the bigger fish more 

 slowly than for the smaller ones. 



In casting your spinning bait down-stream the 

 Nottingham reel should be used, and a longer line 

 is necessary. The lure should be cast across that part 

 of the stream you wish to fish, and be drawn back and 

 across the current, the pressure of which will impart 

 the necessary spin to the minnow. 



WHERE TO Go 



Trout fishing as a sport is rapidly taking a leading 

 place in public favour, and if as much attention were 

 given to the advertising and letting of our trout 

 streams as to salmon fishing, grouse moors, and deer 

 forests, fishing for trout would soon become a pastime 

 pursued only by the very rich. It is possible, however, 

 to obtain very excellent trout fishing on terms moderate 

 enough for persons of very moderate means. 



There are four sources of information open to the 

 would-be fisherman ' ' The Angler' s Diary, ' ' the 

 Field, the Fishing Gazette, and the retail fishing trade. 

 " The Angler's Diary " should be in every fisherman's 

 hands, its general information being not only very 

 extensive but reliable. 



The two papers I have mentioned are instructive, 



