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SPINNING-TACKLE: 



FROM its almost universal adaptation to 

 English waters, the spinning-bait occupies a 

 place second only to the fly in the angler's 

 vademecum; and whether it is regarded simply 

 as the most effectual means of filling the 

 basket, or in a more sportsmanlike and 

 scientific point of view, it is fairly entitled 

 to the position. 



Spinning is the only method of angling 

 now in vogue which, whilst applicable 

 equally to running and still waters, summer 

 and winter, will afford sport with all of the 

 four descriptions of fish most abounding 

 in British Islands Pike, Salmon, Trout, 

 and Perch. It is also a point strongly in 



