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CHAPTER VII. 



SPINNING FOR TROUT. 



THE THAMES AND TRENT STYLE ; SPINNING IN 

 DISCOLOURED AND CLEAR WATER ; MINNOW 

 FLIGHTS, How TO USE THEM ; ARTIFICIAL 

 BAITS ; THE ROD, LINE, REEL ; FLIGHT 

 CANS. 



IF it is important to know the haunts of the trout 

 when fly-fishing, it is doubly so when trolling or 

 spinning, as then no circling eddy betrays the habitual 

 feeding grounds. In small streams and rapid brooks, 

 however, this is not of nearly so great importance. 

 Large fish generally locate in some secluded curl, not 

 far from a deep hole, whither they return upon being 

 disturbed or " knocked off the feed." The best and 

 most likely places upon the whole river's length are 

 sure to be tenanted by the largest fish, the second 

 best fish are in the immediate vicinity, and take up the 

 position of the extracted heavier one. When large 

 trout are killed upon the open stream, it is a sign of 

 their being out on the " forage," and great execution 

 ought then to be effected. There are quite as many 

 grades of minnow spinners as there are of fly-fishers, 

 ranging from the old method of trawling or trolling 

 with heavy primitive tackle in discoloured water, to 



