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course, do. It should be of a dark bronze or slate 

 colour for preference. 



As a first spinning flight I do not think the 

 novice can improve on the Thames pattern, which 

 he already knows. The hooks must be a good deal 

 larger, but otherwise there need be no difference 

 either in the flight or the way of baiting it. Nor is 

 there any radical difference in the mode of using it. 

 Pike lie in quieter, deeper water than trout as a 

 rule, but are approached in much the same way. 

 One should spin as deep as possible and as slowly, 

 and if one can so arrange the bait that it revolves 

 in wide, slow, sweeps rather than quick, short 

 curves, it is, I think, all the better. Leads can be 

 employed similar to those already described for 

 trout, but in many cases they must be heavier. A 

 split shot nipped onto the trace will prevent a lead 

 with spiral wire ends (the most convenient form) 

 from slipping down too far. I like to have about 

 2ft. between lead and bait. Artificial baits are 

 innumerable, but nothing really beats the old spoon 

 bait, copper on one side and silver on the other, 

 and about 3in. long. A red-sided spoon is useful 

 sometimes, and other baits worth having in one's 

 box are Devons, phantoms, and w r agtails, ranging 

 up to some 4in. in length. Lastly, the novice can, 

 as I have before hinted, now try spinning from 



