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single tail hook with no wrapping to get frayed, and 

 altogether is a good sporting bait. 



Spoon baits are in large variety, as they will be 

 taken by almost any fish from a small trout to a giant 

 deep-sea fish. The principle is practically the same 

 in all of them a spoon-shaped piece of metal, silver 

 or gold plated on the outside, with bright red paint 

 inside and single treble tail hook masked with a 

 tassel of red wool, swivel at the head and often a bent 

 flange at the head of the spoon to impart a rolling 

 motion. A tiny flying spoon to which is attached a 

 single hook is very attractive to trout. 



COLORADO SPOON BAIT. 



The theory of bait spinning is founded upon the 

 well-known propensity of heavy fish for weakly fry, 

 and the well-spun bait is often seized from the very 

 midst of a shoal of living minnows. Success will 

 depend on the angler's skill in spinning the bait. So 

 deadly may this branch of sport become that to some 

 it is considered unsportsmanlike. But if the new 

 method of a single treble hook at the tail of the bait 

 is adopted, and it is practised in clear water, the 

 accusation is falsified. 



The sea fisherman very frequently uses an artificial 

 sand eel, consisting of a tinned hook covered on the 

 shank with white, red or green rubber tubing, taper- 

 ing off to a tail. A bright metal spinner at the head 



