24 Scotch Loch-Fishing. 



now natural or artificial spinning nicely. 

 The angler can easily procure swivels and make 

 traces for himself; but he will find in this, as in 

 most things connected with fishing, that he can- 

 not compete with the tackle-maker, so we advise 

 him to get them made up at a good warehouse. 

 Retail tackle-makers charge long prices, but in 

 most large towns there are warehouses which are 

 specially suited for a customer trade, thus saving 

 the user a long intermediate profit. This is as 

 it should be. The thickness of the gut used 

 for trolling should of course be regulated, as 

 in fly-fishing, by the size of fish you expect 

 to catch, and a few traces made of gimp 

 for pike and ferox should always be in the 

 troller's stock. By the way, and in case we for- 

 get to mention it afterwards, always be provided 

 with some split swanshot, to be used in case of 

 a very clear day, when it is desirable to sink 

 line and minnow below the surface. Also be 

 provided with tackle some mounted on gut 

 and some on gimp for spinning natural min- 

 now; and we know of none better or more 

 deadly for this purpose than that of which an 

 illustration is given on next page. It is very 

 simple, and seldom misses anything. 



