BAITING THE FLIGHT. 



the tail curved almost at right angles to the 



body, the bait will spin true when drawn 



through the water ; 



although some anglers 



prefer the bait to 



* wobble/ considering 



that in that state it 



more resembles a 



wounded fish (which 



I believe the spinning 



bait is intended to 



represent) than when 



it spins straight. 



Probably amongst 

 my readers very few, 

 if any, have ever 

 been privileged to 

 thoroughly inspect a 

 hook factory. Where 

 "doctors differ," how 

 very great is the dif- 

 ference of opinion upon 

 the shape of a hook : 

 each particular bend 

 has its own particu- 

 lar admirers ; one will 

 tell you that a " Lime- 

 rick" should be used 

 for every fish; another, 

 that unless you stick to a " sneck " you must 

 never expect to hook a fish, much less to land 

 one ; and so on, through all the different and 



