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No. 4. 



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the flight you intend to use, before it is 

 fastened to the trace ; and hangs on the 

 the lip-hook. One hook of this triangle 

 may be inserted in the reverse side of the 

 bait, which otherwise would be exposed 

 without hooks. By the way, loose fly 

 triangles are not novelties, I have used 

 them myself more than a dozen years 

 since ; and am persuaded that if they 

 were more generally in use, there would 

 be fewer instances of fish being really 

 missed with the spinning bait. Nos. 2 

 and 3 are also good patterns. 



There is another variety of flight great- 

 ly fancied by some Thames Spinners ; it 

 consists of four triangles, and a lip-hook 

 attached to the gimp by one very small 

 loop only, at the end of the shank of the 

 hook. When used, the end triangle is 

 fixed in the tail and the others along the 

 side, the second triangle being inserted 

 in the fish, so as to curve the tail ; before 

 the lip-hook goes through the lips, the 

 gimp is twisted two or three times round 

 the shank of the hook to prevent it 

 slipping. 



The " Francis" flight has been already 

 described in the chapter on Trout fishing; 

 made on gimp, of a size large enough for 

 Dace or large gudgeon, it will be found 

 an extremely good tackle for Pike. 



No. 4 is baited thus : the baiting 

 needle, to which is attached the loop of 

 the gimp, is inserted in the vent of the 

 bait ; push it through, and drawing it 

 out at the mouth, bring the triangle close 

 up to the vent and insert the loose hook 

 in the tail, to give it the necessary curve ; 

 take off the needle, and drawing the lead 



