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had only Pennell's tackle with me, but I made up 

 my mind never to use it again. 



Shortly after that, with a tackle of my own 

 making, I killed three nice fish in a three-quarters 

 of an hour's fishing which I snatched before it got 

 dark ; and believing in the efficacy of my tackle, I 

 did not strike ruinously hard. The tackle I used 

 is, I believe, not new, although I thought it was 

 when I made it. It consists of a piece of copper 

 wire with two triangles on one side, and one on the 

 other, and a sliding lip-hook. The wire is thrust 

 down under the bait, and the bending it to any 

 desired curve gives the spinning. I was much 

 taken with the idea of " one large flying triangle " 

 at first, but I have come back to a greater number 

 of smaller triangles, the hooks of which are kept 

 very sharp. 



Last summer I arranged for a fortnight's fishing 

 for trout, carp, and pike, having leave for preserved 

 waters for every day, with keepers in attendance 

 to show the best spots, plenty of good bait, and 

 apparently good weather. The first day we tried 

 for pike, and caught none. Then we had a spell of 

 trout-fishing, and caught very few. Then another 

 day's pike-fishing, and caught none. Then we had 

 a day's pike-fishing in a lake which was full of pike, 

 and where I expected to catch at least twenty 

 between the two of us. The keeper showed us 

 the best water, and we spun, trolled, and live-baited 

 all the morning, and saw but one fish, and that 



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