disciple of Isaak Walton will thank them for disseminating. 

 I have no respect for the man who can brutally and cowardly 

 kill this excellent fish by means of the snare, trimmer, net, 

 and gun. I am, I hope, a true Angler, and it is the fair and 

 gentle art of Angling that I profess to teach, not the coarse 

 and sanguinary method of massacreing fish. 



The spinner is the best to fish with from June till October 

 in rivers, but in ponds and lakes the live bait can be advanta- 

 geously used occasionally. Lay out in some cold exposed place 

 whatever dead baits you intend to spin with, so as to make them 

 stiff and keep better on the hooks in the form you desire. Select 

 the bait you think most likely, Dace ot Bleak, and put the lip 

 hook through both lips, and one of the first treble hooks in 

 one of the shoulders, bending the bait a little at the same time; 

 then take the bottom treble hooks and put one in at the tail 

 on the other side of the bait, giving a slight curve in doing so 

 to the tail. You are now ready for a cast. Select a place you 

 consider likely, and throw the bait into the spot you desire to fish. 

 I would here recommend the young Angler to fix a plummet or 

 any sort of weight to his line and practice throwing at a mark. 

 Let him begin at twenty yards and increase gradually until 

 he can throw forty or fifty yards, when he will do. Well, 

 having cast your bait as far as possible, allow it, if you are 

 fishing in a pond, or lake or deep water, to sink a little, say two 

 feet, then wind away at a brisk rate, holding your rod on one 

 side rather low ; if no run wind out and throw again, but this 

 time wind brisk four or five yards, then all of a sudden stop a 

 moment, then off again, doing so three or four times in one 

 cast. I Irave often found this a good plan. If you still have 

 no run try another throw and wind brisk as before, but occa- 

 sionally giving your rod a sharp but short twitch. I have also 

 found this an excellent method of using the spinner, but should 

 it prove unsuccessful, here is another style : Throw as before, 

 but on this occasion wind slow four or five yards, then with 

 your rod drag the bait one or two yards sharp through the 

 water, stop a moment and wind slow again ; you will sometimes 



