26 SPINNING-TACKLE : 



by its own element \ or that a gut by 

 which salmon up to 20 and 301bs. are con- 

 stantly landed, will likewise be of sufficient 

 strength to land a comparatively sluggish 

 pike of the same size. 



Of course a certain quantity of gimp will 

 always be indispensable in spinning for Jack, 

 but it requires no argument to show that the 

 finer and shorter it can be made, within 

 proper limits, the better.* The use of thick 

 stiff gimp is simply destruction to the spin- 

 ning of any delicate bait, let alone its other 

 objections. With large coarse baits, such as 

 roach or dace, the size of the gimp may 



* There can be no possible object for using more 

 than is absolutely necessary of this difficult to dress, 

 easily rotted, and at best conspicuous medium ; when 

 good stout gut has been over and over again proved ' 

 to be actually stronger, cheaper, longer-lasting, and 

 above all, next to imperceptible in the water. 



Four or five inches above the lip-hook is abundance 

 for every purpose required in spinning, and that 

 should be painted green. 



