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trace, this can be done with perfect ease, and without any 

 interference with the action of the legitimate lead and swivels, 

 by twisting some ' lead-wire' round the trace a foot or so above 

 the lead, or, if no lead-wire is at hand, by adding a second lead 

 above the junction between the running line and the trace. 



FIG. 2. LEAD-WIRE ADDED TO INCREASE WEIGHT. 



It is now some years since I have had the pleasure of seeing 

 my principle of spinning lead adopted by the large majority 

 of trollers, and its efficacy as a cure for 'kinking' generally 

 admitted. I guarantee that with the lead and trace of the form 

 shown at p. 83, and the flight of the proper size for the bait 

 the latter may be trailed (the severest test) from Teddington 

 to Oxford, without a single ' kink ' taking place above the leads. 

 After this 'tall' blast upon my own trumpet, I may, perhaps, 

 be pardoned for quoting a few extracts from letters by well- 

 known sportsmen, and a few ' opinions ' of the sporting press 

 in substantiation of what has been said. 



MR. PENNELL'S SPINNING-TACKLE. 



Sir, As I observe that a discussion has lately appeared in your 

 columns between Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell, the apostle of fine 

 fishing, and the advocates of the status quo, I beg to bear my 

 testimony to the success of the former gentleman's theories, so far 

 as I have had an opportunity of testing them. During the last 

 fortnight I have been using a set of the spinning-tackle recom- 

 mended by Mr. Pennell, and nothing could be more admirable 

 than its working ; ' kinking,' an old enemy of mine, did not once 

 make its appearance, and of the six fish run on the last day, not 

 one failed to find its way safely to the bag. ONE WHO is NOT TOO 

 OLD TO LEARN. Field, Nov. 30, 1 86 1. 



Sir, Allow me to add my testimony to that of your corre- 

 spondent, ' One who is Not Too Old to Learn,' as to the merits of 

 the spinning-tackle explained in your columns by Mr. Pennell, the 

 'apostle of fine fishing.' I dressed a trace, flight, &c., according 

 to his plan, and I must say that I never had better sport (for the 



