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in the pools, either immediately following a heavy shower 

 or when the river is fining after a deluge. 



One approved way of employing the fly spinner is to 

 cast it to the far bank and then to retrieve it fairly quickly 

 in a series of gentle jerks. 



Another deadly manner is to cast downstream and 

 recover the line slowly by steady reeling. The current 

 in this case will impart a realistic appearance to the lure : 

 no doubt causing the sea-trout to imagine that the 

 weird insect is either exhilarated or in pain. 



When I look round a tackle shop I cannot help medi- 

 tating on what our master, Izaak Walton, would think 

 if he could step inside and see the gorgeous assortment of 

 picturesque devices provided for tempting fish. " Would 

 he be spell-bound or crestfallen ? " I ask myself as I 

 remember his words, " Is it not an art to deceive a Trout 

 with an artificial Fly ? " 



Still, with tens of thousands of anglers flicking the waters 

 to-day, no doubt every lure is mounted by one or another, 

 at sometime or other, and thus there is no wonder that 

 the sea-trout suffers from attacks of nervousness. 



CHAPTER VIII 



DAY FISHING WITH MINNOW 



HPHE most killing lure for sea-trout is unquestionably 

 * the metal minnow, providing that conditions are 

 suitable for its use. While the possibility exists of 

 catching a sea-trout by spinning in a clear pool, a heavy 

 bag can be expected only when the river is full and 

 slightly coloured. At any period of the season an odd 



