140 AUTUMN ANGLING 



Now, the minnow is only used for brook trout 

 on rivers where it is known large trout exist. 

 These large fellows are also very hard to catch 

 with the fly or bait, and hence it is not unsports- 

 manlike to use the live or dead minnow. In no 

 case need the young sucker, dace, or shiner be 

 longer than two and one-half inches ; and some- 

 times, if smaller, the sport resulting will be the 

 more. 



The live minnow must first claim our attention. 

 Be sure they are got from some cool stream, if you 

 are to use them near springs, where the large 

 trout do most congregate at this season of the 

 year. If you do not pay attention to this little 

 matter, they will not live and play freely on the 

 hook, any more than an African from Central 

 Africa would find the climate of the Esquimau 

 to his liking; but they will certainly die, and 

 that sometimes as soon as they touch the cooler 

 water. 



The tackle you must use for the live minnow 

 may be one single No. 2 hook on strong gut, with 

 a light sinker to carry the bait down, or it may 

 be like that figured ; namely, a single loop hook to 

 go through the bait's lip, and a triplet hook to lie 



