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A very good assortment would be a " General Hooker" 

 for the tail-fly, a "Coachman" for the first dropper, a 

 "Grizzly King" next, and, lastly, if four are used, an 

 "Abbey." Another good troll would be a "Professor" 

 for tail-fly, a "Montreal" next, the third a "Brown 

 Hackle," and, last, a "Ferguson." But, of course, other 

 flies will be used by the angler, as found more attractive 

 and killing; for different waters often require different 

 flies, in trolling, as well as in fly-fishing. 



Three split shot, No. 1, should be placed at equal dis- 

 tances along the leader, so as to keep the flies submerged 

 from one to three feet below the surface. The boat should 

 be propelled quite slowly in trolling with flies, so as to 

 permit their sinking to the proper depth, and, likewise, 

 to enable them to be easily seen by the fish. 



If the first Bass hooked takes an upper fly, by playing 

 him judiciously and cautiously, one, or even two, addi- 

 tional Bass may often be induced to take the lower flies, 

 though I do not advise this plan with a light rod; one at 

 a time will afford better sport, and last much longer. 



If a spoon-bait is to be the lure, only the smallest 

 sizes, as fly-spoons, or trout-spoons, should be employed. 

 Usually no sinker will be needed ; but one or two swivels 

 should always be used one next to the spoon, and the 

 other several feet above it. In trolling with the spoon, 

 the boat should move at a sufficient rate of speed to cause 

 the spoon to revolve rapidly a foot or two beneath the sur- 

 face of the water. 



In trolling with the live minnow, but one hook should 

 be used. Give a w r ide berth to the English abominations 

 known as spinning-tackle, gangs, traces, etc., consisting of 

 from three to a dozen hooks arranged in groups of three, 



