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the trace. On one of these reversible-tail baits, 

 fishing a Dorsetshire river, I ran seventeen jack 

 and pike, and landed sixteen of them. 



There is yet another artificial bait I am now 

 bringing out, which I have named the " Diamond 



JARDINE'S "DIAMOND JUBILEE" SPINNING BAIT. 



Jubilee Spinning Bait," and from repeated trials 

 my brother " pikists " find it is a " rare killer," which 

 is my own experience. It is convolute in shape, 

 and made of metal, weighing from half an ounce 

 upwards according to the sizes adapted for trout 

 and perch, or for salmon and large pike, or sea-fish. 

 It has no swivel, nor is gimp used in the hook- 

 armatures both of them elements of danger when 

 the angler is playing a big fish. (See illustration.) 



Among other artificial baits are the " Geen's 

 Spiral" and the " Serpentanic" ; the latter is in- 



GEEN'S "SPIRAL.' 



geniously constructed of coiled flexible wire, both 

 of which, with the large variety of spoon-baits, 

 such as the " Norwich," the " Colorado," " Cana- 

 dian Tassel," " Bar-spcon," "Otter," "Comet," 



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