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SCIENCE OF FISHING. 



single hook attached to the other end. It is the simplest form 

 of spoon bait and none of the dozens that have been designed 

 since have proved more successful. But very few of them 

 are made this way now and most of them have a small ring 

 at the small end of the spoon and it spins on a short section 

 of heavy brass wire having a loop at one end for a treble 



The Booster Bait and the Fish Nipple. 



nook and at the other end a loop to which a brass or bronze 

 swivel is fastened. Under the spoon is a short tube fitted 

 loosely on the wire and sometimes a bead is placed over this 

 for the spoon to revolve on. The hooks may be plain, but 

 are more often covered with feathers or deer hair to conceal 

 the hooks and act as weed guards. The spoon may be of 



The Pearl Minnow. 



any kind of metal and is plated, painted or polished to make 

 it more attractive, usually being one color on the inside and 

 another color on the other. Spoons are also made of mother- 

 of-pearl, which is very attractive. 



Tandem spoon baits are also made, one spoon being 

 placed a short distance above the other. 



