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swivels, and these are looped to spoons, artificial minnows, 

 or other spinning tackle, and used for pike, salmon, and the 

 salmoferox, or the great lake trout. The ends, freed from 

 the wire arming, when forming ties or loops, should be lashed 

 with well-waxed silk thread. Knots are objectionable. 

 Gimp can be dyed a dark colour, which is held in great 

 esteem by the best pike fishers. The recipe is as fol- 

 lows : Cleanse the brass gimp thoroughly ; then brush it 

 over with the following solution, which should be boiling : 

 Distilled water, one hundred parts by weight ; caustic soda, 

 twelve parts ; neutral chloride of platinum, one part. Then 

 wash, dry and varnish. The colour given is something like 

 oxydised silver, and is a desirable one. 



Glisten or Glare applies to the disagreeable, blinding 

 brightness which is thrown over the face of the water by 

 the sun shining in a cloudless sky. When the angler sees 

 this, he generally makes up his mind that it is little use 

 fishing, as the fish are very well able to see his movements, 

 whilst he can see nothing. This appearance is often to be 

 seen in the autumn evening with a declining sun and frost 

 coming on. The only chance of fishing when this glare is 

 on the water is with the dry fly, casting it lightly on to the 

 rings made by rising fish. 



Glut is the term which applies to a mass of flies 

 alighting upon the water, and upon which the fish gorge 

 themselves to repletion, so that they refuse to rise to an 

 artificial fly. When this glut is on, there is little chance of 

 the angler getting any sport. In some rivers the flies are so 

 numerous on the water, that a solid row of them may be 

 seen sweeping down the current before the wind. When a 

 fish is caught during the glut, if its mouth is examined it 



