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adopted, is Farlow's new brass pattern, and if the * theory ' that 

 trout generally take the minnow by the tail be correct, it ought to 

 be an excellent one. In this case, as well as in that of the 

 " Excelsior Spinner," the bait does not, of course, run up the line 

 when a fish is hooked. 



I designed the " Hexagonal Minnow " (solid metal) originally 

 to meet some of the inconveniences indicated as belonging to the 

 arming or ' rig ' of the ordinary 2 -slotted Devon minnow. Any 

 entanglement of the triangles is, it will be seen, almost impossible 

 in the " Hexagonal Minnow." The object of making it several- 

 sided hexagonal or octagonal was, of course, to produce a 

 more glittering effect, which, especially when water is at all 

 clouded or very dark, would naturally be advantageous. 



This minnow does not run up the line on hooking a fish. 



DOUBLE SWIVEL. 



In the trace for stream minnow-spinning at least one double 

 swivel (another little dodge of my own) should be employed 

 close to the junction of the trace and reel-line in addition to 

 the swivel (if any) at the lips of the bait. This is necessary to 

 prevent kinking. 



As the bait is of itself heavy and only for a short time in the 

 water in stream fishing usually a sort of ' in and out process ' 

 no fixed lead on the trace is either necessary or permissible. 



For lake spinning, where a lead is most commonly used, an 



SPINNING LEAD AND DOUBLE SWIVEL. 

 ( c A ' upper end of lead. ) 



