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CHAPTER V. 



TROLLING-TACKLE AND LURES. 



T\0 not troll at all if you can get fishing 

 with the fly ; and under no circumstances 

 troll for trout in the very early part of the 

 season, when they are more or less in a " kelty" 

 state, and take an artificial or other minnow 

 very keenly. True, you may catch fish, but it 

 is a most unsportsmanlike proceeding to take 

 fish not in fair condition ; and if you, sir, who 

 read this book, are not a sportsman, you had 

 better stop here, for it was compiled by a 

 sportsman for sportsmen. There are some 

 miserable " pot-hunters " who want to kill any- 

 thing that swims be it clean or unclean ; but 

 with them we have nothing whatever to do. 

 But fair trolling is quite legitimate, and in 

 many cases it is absolutely imperative to troll 



