TROUT HABITS; LURES AND USE 



ing it with wire mosquito-net. A little screw- 

 eye turned across a slot in the edge makes a 

 handy lock. At one end of the box cut a hole 

 about an inch in diameter and close this door 

 with a cork secured by a string. 



Minnows may be caught on the minutest of 

 hooks, attached to 

 a line of common 

 black sewing- 

 thread, and baited 

 with small bits of 

 worm, or a little 

 ball of flour-dough 

 mixed with absorb- 

 ent cotton to hold 

 it together. Min- 

 now seines and 

 "umbrella' ' nets 

 also are used. Best 

 of all is a minnow 

 trap -- collapsible 

 or telescopic for 

 portability sunk 

 in mid -water in a 

 shallow spot, near 

 or under the bank, 

 crumbs. 



A trap of the general style of the one pictured 

 may be constructed in a few minutes from gal- 

 vanized wire netting, of not larger mesh than 



Umbrella minnow net, open and folded 



Wire minnow trap 



and baited with 



bread 



