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the tackle-shops. This is manufactured of silk, tinsel, 

 and other gaudy materials, in the shape of a Minnow, with 

 a bright tin tail. It is used in the same manner, and with 

 the same tackle as described for spinning the Minnow, 

 with the exception of the hooks which hang by the side of 

 it, in nearly as many different ways as there are anglers 

 who use it, each having a whim of his own ; the way they 

 are fitted up by some is as here represented : 



the hooks, three double ones on each side, some hanging 

 behind the tail, with a slight bit of silk bound round the 

 body, just to keep them attached to the bait. In deep, 

 sharp water this will sometimes take Trout or Jack, but 

 will not answer as well as the real Minnow. 



Ledger Fishing. 



This is a successful way of catching Barbel, Jack, or 

 Eels. To practise it, use your Perch or Trolling-top, 

 winch, and silk running line, with a yard of strong gut at 

 bottom ; the hook, if baited with a worm, should be No. 7, 

 but if with greaves, which (when the water is clear ) is 

 sometimes preferable, then use a No. 8 hook, strong wire; 

 no float is necessary, but at the bottom of the line, a foot 

 above the hook, you have a Barbel lead of this description ; 



the shot is placed there to prevent the lead slipping any 

 lower down the line. 



Now to fish in the Thames, you should throw your bait 

 in down the stream, having no more line out than will 

 remain straight from the top of the rod to the lead. When 

 there is a bite, the fish will draw the line through the lead, 



