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My friend and I rigged up our extemporary trolling gear, and, 

 whilst " whistling for a wind," managed to have some capital sport 

 amongst the denizens of that teeming though somewhat weedy 

 sheet of water, all unaccustomed to the sight of a spinning bait of 

 any kind. 



PRAWN TACKLE. 



Though not exactly a sequitur to what precedes, I may here 

 perhaps describe a tackle for fishing the prawn for salmon, which 

 is highly recommended by my friend, Major Traherne. It 

 consists of two double hooks and a needle, as shown in the left- 

 hand figure. The needle, attached to the line by a free loop, 

 passes in at the bait's tail and out at its breast, where the 

 protruding point is pressed as far as it will go through the small 

 loop, shown on the lowermost pair of hooks. A few turns of 

 cotton or silk red for choice round the tail -prevent the latter 

 slipping ; or the binding may be continued up the body and back 

 again to the tail. 



When baited the appearance of the prawn and hooks is as 

 shown in the right-hand figure, represented, as well as the bare 

 tackle, about half actual size. 



PRAWN TACKLF BAITED AND UNBAITED. 



