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Spinning in quickly running water is a very different 

 matter from that written of as suitable for the Broads, 

 and requires a certain amount of modification as regards 

 tackle. The wobbling bait mentioned for the Broads 

 may be used, but it is here necessary to bring the needle 

 through the gullet and out at the mouth, and a pipe-lead 



Fig. 27. Archer Spinner. 



should be slipped on and pushed inside the fish ; the 

 needle can then be re-entered, and pushed out at the 

 eye, or, better still, a lip-hook with a large eye at the 

 bend and another at the top of the shank, may be slipped 

 on and passed through both lips ; a turn or two should 

 be taken with the hook link round the shank between the 

 two eyelets to prevent the lip-hook slipping. 



The lead is necessary owing to the swiftness of the 

 current. 



The best tackle I have used has been, however, a 



