SPRING ANGLING 



Fig. 21. Ordinary Spoon. 



Without doubt the spoon- 

 bait (Fig. 21) is the best all 

 round allure for troll- 

 ing for pickerel in the 

 spring of the year. 

 Fig. 22 is one of 

 Chapman's make of 

 Clayton, N.Y. ; and 

 with one like this he last 

 year caught a mascalonge 

 in the River St. Lawrence 

 weighing forty-two pounds. 

 But the ingenious boy can 

 make a spoon that will 

 serve his purpose almost 

 as well, though of course it 

 will not appear so finished 

 or handsome. 



In the first place, he 

 must coax his good mother 

 to let him have an old 

 teaspoon, plated is good 

 enough (silver is too good to 

 lose), and cut off the bowl 

 j ust above where the handle 



