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with a single hook, on a fly-rod, in swift, tumbling waters, 

 with good effect. 



There is nothing in this line more beautiful than the 

 pearl spoon; and it will always be a " spoon," for being 

 made of shell it can never be bent or twisted into the fan- 

 ciful forms of some of the metal ones. It is very effective 

 as a lure, and the smallest sizes are well adapted for the 

 fly-rod in broken waters. 



Adjustable Fly-Spoon. 



(Wm. Mills & Son.) 



One of the neatest things in the way of a revolving bait 

 is the adjustable fly-spoon of Wm. Mills & Son. This small 

 spoon can be readily adjusted to a snelled hook or an arti- 

 ficial fly, and will be found very suitable for the white water 

 of riffles and rapids. 



ARTIFICIAL MINNOWS. 



Mr. Imbrie sent me for trial a soft and flexible artificial 

 minnow of the style known as the " phantom," which he 

 calls the " Capelin " phantom. After divesting it of the 

 several triangles of hooks which are always attached to arti- 

 ficial minnows, and re-investing it with a single small hook, 

 I used it with remarkably good success in the rough water 

 under mill-dams. It is a very durable bait and is made in 



