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SALMON AND TROUT. 



natural minnow to sufficient perfection, and at the same time 

 possess the advantages in regard to hooking power presented 

 by the arrangement of flying triangles usually attached to the 

 artificial bait. I gave a great deal of trouble to the subject 

 some years ago, and the outcome is shown in the diagrams, 

 which represent the tackle I found to best fulfil the required 

 conditions. 



Fig. i represents the tackle by itself, and fig. 2 the same 

 when baited with a minnow. 



In order to bait it, all that is necessary is to push the lead 

 down through the minnow's mouth into the belly, pass the lip 

 hook through both lips of the bait to close its mouth, and 

 then insert one hook of the first triangle just below the back 



