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tion by the charms of a fascinating spoon, 

 or the captivating allurements of a seductive 

 " old lady " but your cautious old Pike, 

 your broad-backed, yellow-bellied Trout of 

 half a score of summers, these smoke the 

 deception at a single glance, and turn up 

 their noses at the blandishments of tawdry 

 and tinsel. 



One parting word. Of course in thus 

 putting forward theories, some of them 

 absolutely new, based upon my own expe- 

 rience only, however carefully they may 

 have been tested,* I disclaim all inten- 

 tion of dogmatizing or laying down the 

 law. The subject is one on which every 

 fisherman has a right to have his own 

 opinion, swear by his own hobby, and think 



* Since writing the above, I observe that various 

 communications have appeared in the "Field," bear- 

 ing testimony to the practical success which has 

 attended the adoption of these plans, in the complete 

 prevention of Kinking, diminished per centage of 

 losses, <fec., &c. 



