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body ia either bent, or the tail crooked, so as to give a son 

 of Archimedian screw principle to the whole apparatus. 

 The tackle used is of two parts the trace or line to 

 facilitate the spinning, and the flight of hooks on which 

 the bait is to be hung. The trace consists of two lengths 

 (each about two feet long) of gimp, twisted gut, or single 

 tfut, with a swivel at either end, and one between the two 

 lengths. Just above the second swivel (from the bait) the 

 lead or sinker should be attached. This is sometimes a 

 chain of shot, Ac., &c., but there is nothing so good as a 

 pipe lead threaded on a bit of copper wire, as this can be 

 put on or taken off the trace at any moment, and heavier 

 or lighter lead substituted ; and if the lead be made rather 

 flat on one side, and pot-bellied on the other, as shown in 

 the lead appended to the tackle in Fig. 6, Plate 1, it will 

 prevent the tackle from twisting above the second swivel, 

 and so prevent hanking or snarling of the line, which is 

 sometimes very troublesome to the spinner. 



The flight of hooks is a matter which has caused great 

 consideration. They must allow the bait to spin well, and 

 they must be placed so as to take the best iiold of the 

 fish ; and they should be as little visible as possible to the 

 squeamish pike; for pike often are mighty squeamish, 

 and will follow a bait for yards without taking it if they 

 see anything suspicious about it. Now, the old-fashioned 

 three-triangle tackle with a sliding lip and a reversed tail 

 hook is that which obtains the most general favour ; at 

 Plate 1, Figs. 5 and 7, this may be seen plain and baited. 

 The tail triangle should be inserted in the middle of the 

 tail, the tail drawn up into a crook, and the reversed 

 hook inserted to keep it so. The next triangle should be 

 inserted somewhere under the end of the dorsal fin, and 

 the third at the shoulder ; two or three turns of the tackle 



