METHOD OF BAITING THE PARR-TAIL. 191 



for hours. A parr- tale, bait it any way you please, 

 resembles nothing in life ; and the only object to 

 be aimed at is, as in minnow fishing, by rapid 



spinning to conceal the tackle and create an 

 appearance of life. 



Thus baited, it should be used in the same 

 manner as a minnow, and among casts of the same 

 description. The two conditions of water most 

 favourable for the use of minnow are also those 

 most favourable for the use of parr-tail, either 

 when the waters are swollen, or when they are 

 small and clear. Sometimes trout will take 

 minnow more readily than parr-tail, and some- 

 times, we are informed, though we have never 

 experienced it, they will take parr-tail more 

 readily than minnow ; but for our own part we 

 never use parr-tail when we can get minnows. 



