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fprty to fifty, or, in very deep water, as much as sixty and even 

 sometimes seventy yards of line, should be let out from the reel. 



Speed. Let the boat be rowed slowly, rather than at a 

 brisk, lively pace. A large lake trout will seldom trouble him- 

 self to follow a bait that is moving fast away from him ; con- 

 sequently the bait must possess the speciality of spinning, at 

 all events moderately well, or it will not spin at all. 



As regards the tackle for lake-trout spinning, the rod, 

 reel, and reel line recommended (p. 359) for worm fishing for 

 salmon in rivers will answer admirably. If the bait be a 

 minnow, the flight also (here repeated in cut) described for 



MINNOW BAITED. 



spinning it will answer remarkably well in lakes, as also for 

 spinning a loach, or colley, as it is called in Ireland. The 

 latter makes one of the very best lake trolling baits, up to a 

 maximum of 3^ inches in length, tail fin included. Beyond 

 that length this tackle will not spin the loach, or any other 

 bait, properly, but produces an eccentric sort of ' wobble ' 

 rather than a spin. From 2| to 3^ inches is the best length ; 

 or somewhat less in the case of the female fish, which about 

 May become quite distended with ova. For one of these plump 

 little ladies in roe 3^ inches is the outside length, and 2| inches 

 is better a quarter of an inch makes all the difference. The 

 ' slenderer ' the loach the better it spins. 



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