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with which these minnows are 'rigged' though in themselves 

 very good for hooking fish have an inconvenient habit of getting 

 entangled with each other and with the line, and accordingly 

 many inventions have from time to time been brought out to 

 obviate the annoyance. Illustrations of three of the most recent 

 are appended. They are all of brass or white metal. 



EXCELSIOR SPINNER.' 



HALCYON " SPINNER. 



The Excelsior Spinner, by Messrs. Hardy Brothers, is similar 

 to the quill minnow, which Messrs. Cummins, of Bishop Auck- 

 land, manufacture. It differs from it, however, in that it is made 

 of metal instead of quill thus both lasting longer and being more 

 suitable for fishing heavy streams. The quill minnow I have 

 known, however, very successful in light water. It is precisely of 

 the same pattern as the above, merely substituting painted quill 

 for brass, or white metal. 



The Halcyon Spinner, made by the same firm, is based on the 

 model or more correctly, perhaps, on the idea of the well- 

 known Alexandra fly. It is made either of Nickel Silver, or brass 



