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trout or brandling may be used for the same pur- 

 pose it is necessary to use a long-shanked hook, 

 which is to be passed in at the mouth and brought 

 out between the vent and the tail ; and, to prevent 

 the bait slipping down this hook, a small hook, 

 whipped on a piece of fine gut about three inches 

 long, is to be attached to the link and passed 

 through the minnow's lips. To facilitate the spin- 

 ning of the minnow, it is usual to employ two 

 swivels, one at the junction of your first and second 

 length of gut, and the other at the junction of tho 

 second and third, with a shot, greater or smaller 

 according to the strength of the current, placed on 

 the gut, immediately above each swivel, to keep 

 the minnow down in the water. In spinning a 

 minnow, the foot-length, of gut, is generally about 

 three yards long. Some anglers use a conical piece 

 of lead, with a hole at the apex, for the gut to pass 

 through, which they slide down over the minnow's 

 nose ; but this method has not any advantage over 

 the simpler one of placing shot above the swivels. 

 The manner of using this bait is to cast it across 

 the stream, and, as you draw it towards you, to 

 keep it playing by a slight motion of the rod. 



In fishing for salmon with lob-worms, two or 

 three, according to their size, ought to be placed 

 upon the hook, which ought to be cast tip the 

 stream and worked gently down with the current, 

 according to the strength of which the line is to be 

 shotted. When spinning a minnow, or fishing with 



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