SPINNING FOR TROUT 67 



this work trout of two contiguous streams may 

 differ in feeding habits. 



The way of a trout with a spinner is as the 

 way of a man with a maid, always different. 

 Some trout sound the depths, once they feel the 

 prick of the hook, righting out the battle well 

 below the surface if allowed to do so ; others come 

 to the surface and finish the struggle there. 

 Wherever the battle is fought, it usually ends 

 in the angler's favor, for when spinning, the fish 

 are well hooked as a rule. There is no "tail 

 dancing," for speckled trout do not fight after 

 that fashion; but there will be deep tackle-test- 

 ing surges, long rushes and hook-loosening bor- 

 ings; there will be in-rushes, giving line more 

 rapidly than even the speedy automatic can care 

 for it ; there will be long sulks when the fish will 

 resist your every effort to dislodge it; in fact, 

 the way of a brook trout with a spinner is the 

 way of the true salmon with a fly. Spinning for 

 trout is only in its infancy and we may look for 

 many developments in the days to come. 



A few seasons ago I was fishing a well-known 

 Middle West trout stream, but the fish were off 

 their feed and would not look at my flies, though 

 I flatter myself that I have a little skill with the 

 feathers. Then I bent on a small spinner and 



