Fish and Fishing 



without such an advantage. An eastern lure, 

 rapidly gaining friends, is the yellow kid, made 

 by Wm. Mills & Son, N. Y. It is painted 

 a bright yellow, it spins through the water in 

 great shape, and must attract attention a long 

 distance from it. One would imagine that any 

 bright object moving along the water would 

 entice the fish to take it, if only from curiosity; 

 always on the lookout for food their instinct 

 moves them to grab a moving object to find 

 out how it tastes; but, too late to draw back, 

 the barb invariably holds tight and so captures 

 them. 



While these ingenious lures are doing their full 

 share in taking fish, it must not be forgotten that 

 the spoon is still a factor, and, in variety and effec- 

 tiveness, a careful selection of spoons is invalu- 

 able to the angler. All large game fish take a 



spoon, either alone or with attach- 

 The Spoon , . , , 



ments, made in every conceivable 



shape to suit different fish and locality, such 

 as round, kidney, fish head, willow leaf, beaded, 

 heart shape, grooved, curved and bent in every 

 manner possible. There are spinners, single, 

 cyclone, and double, some with feathers and 

 some without. The Wilson spoon, a perfect egg- 

 shape, with a turned tip on the fore end, gives a 

 wobbling motion that attracts fish; the darting 

 spoon darts up and down and side to side. The 

 Tacoma bait has two kidney-shaped blades, each 

 revolving in opposite directions. The Lake Tahoe 

 and Seattle Trout and McMurray spinner, the 

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