MINNOW TACKLE. 



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two and a half to four inches behind the tail of the fish, as 

 shown at C, (fig. 32 ;) but in finer water, or when fishing 

 for perch, I take off C, and put on the smaller loop, D. In 

 bright water the lip-hook may be made smaller, and the 

 drag dispensed with altogether. Trout seize their prey by 

 the tail, perch and pike by the middle hence the variation 

 in the tackle. The tackle should be whipped with white 

 silk on strong gut, and a swivel should be placed some 

 wenty inches above the bait, and a second one a yard far- 

 her up. Lead may be cast round the shank of the body- 

 look, or a few split shot added above the first swivel, to 

 ceep the bait well down, particularly in swollen waters, 

 when they are most deadly. In clearer waters they may be 

 lispensed with. In dark, gloomy days, in June and July, 



C' 



Fig. 34. 



and in warm summer nights, the minnow will be found a 

 deadly bait for trout. Par bait is used for the same purpose 

 on the banks of the Tweed. 



The essentials of a perfect mhv.iow-tacklc are thus cor- 



