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tied with good strong silk to the same piece of gut, 

 regulating the distance between each pair to suit 

 the length of bait to be used. One of the hooks of 

 the lowermost pair should be stuck into the bait a 

 little above the tail, one of the second pair about the 

 middle, and one of the third pair through the lips. 

 One of the hooks of each pair is thus hidden in the 

 fish, and the other left exposed. The bait must be 

 sufficiently curved to make it spin. 



Another kind of trolling-tackle is made in the 

 same manner as the common minnow- tackle, but with 

 much larger hooks. The lowermost hook should 

 not be less than from two and a half to three inches 

 long. Fastened to the upper hook is a separate 

 piece of gut, on which are two pairs of hooks, one 

 of which is stuck into the bait about the middle, 

 and the other left loose as a drag, a little beyond the 

 tail. The method of baiting this is the same as that 

 of baiting a minnow, and when the trout or parr is 

 soft from being kept, it has its advantages, as the 

 large hook through the bait keeps it in position. 



The best method of trolling is to place the rods 

 in the stern of the boat, with at least twenty yards 

 of line out, so as to keep the bait a good distance 

 from the boat. The latter is then pulled along at 

 a pretty smart pace, and its rising to the waves will 

 play the bait quite as invitingly as the angler could 

 do by hand. A sufficient number of shot should be 

 used to keep the bait two or three feet under the 

 surface, as it is there more likely to attract attention, 



