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spinning either with natural bait or with artificial 

 minnows, small spoon baits, Hoarder's " piano 

 convex" spinners, and other diminutive spin- 

 but very deadly lures such as Farlow's ning. 

 "Hogback" spoons and "Magnet" spinners. These 

 are made of light metal, with the hook eyed 

 and attached to a solid ring, thus combining 

 lightness with strength. They are sunk with 

 two or three shots on the trace, which has, of 

 course, a small double swivel or two in it ; or 

 the trace may be weighted with a f-inch Archer- 

 Jardine lead, or a No. 3 Hardy's " Simplex " lead, 



"HOGIJACKED" SPOON. THE " MAGNET " SPINNER. 



and fished as a spinning lure, or on the sink 

 and draw method. For a natural spinning bait 

 none is so good as a large minnow ; those from 

 the river Colne water-cress beds are from 2 inches 

 to 3 inches long, and can usually be obtained of 

 Hancock and Co., 308, High Holborn, or of Carter 

 and Co., 137, St. John Street Road. The next best 

 bait is a small gudgeon or stone-loach. A trace, 

 such as described for pike-spinning (see page 58), 

 but made of selected gut fit for trout-fishing, 

 answers the purpose exactly ; the flight on which 

 to place the minnow or small gudgeon may be 

 like the following, which is known in the trade 



