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in life ; and the only object to be aimed at is, as in 

 minnow-fishing, by rapid spinning to conceal" the 

 tackle and create an appearance of life. 



Thus baited, it should be used in the same 

 manner as a minnow, and among casts of 'the same 

 description. The two conditions of water most 

 favourable for the use of minnow are also those most 

 favourable for the use of parr-tail, either when the 

 waters are swollen, or when they are small and clear. 

 Sometimes trout will take minnow more readily than 

 parr-tail, and sometimes, we are informed, though we 

 have never experienced, it, they will take parr-tail 

 more readily than minnow ; but for our own part 

 we never use parr-tail when we can get minnows. 



