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touching up the silk lapping of casting lines or any other 

 lyings that may get frayed or loose. 



Live Bait Fishing is practised principally for pike. 

 A dace or gudgeon is attached to a live bait tackle (<7.z>.), 

 thrown into the water, and allowed to swim about. It is 

 considered rather a cruel method, and has been condemned 

 by the late F. Francis and other authorities. 



Loach (Cobitis barbatula). This little fish is found in 

 the brooks of Britain, and is used as a bait for the larger 

 fishes ; it is perhaps the best fish bait for eels. It has six 

 barbs or tufts springing from its upper and lower jaws. It 

 seldom attains a length of more than four inches, feeds on 

 the bottom, and is sometimes called a groundling. Can be 

 taken with a small red worm. 



Loeh Leven Trout. This 

 game and beautiful fish is con- 

 sidered by some to be a separate 

 species and by others only a 

 variety ; however, be what it may, 

 LOCH LEVEN FLIES. ft gi ves sport to hundreds of 



anglers and clubs that fish Loch Leven yearly. The best 

 flies are the ordinary loch flies of Scotland, but much 

 smaller in size Teal, woodcock, bloe, white tip, and 

 mallard wings, with red, yellow, green, claret, and black 

 bodies, tinselled ; also Zulus, Sam Slicks, March browns, 

 &c. Large numbers are also caught by trolling with 

 artificial minnows. 



Loeh Tay Rods are used for trolling for salmon on 

 this celebrated Scotch loch. They are generally made 

 thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen feet long, strongly 

 built, with upright rings. 



