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sideration compared with the enjoyment of real 

 sport. But when trolling is the order of the 

 day, either from choice or necessity, then this 

 is the way to go about it. We assume, of 

 course, that the angler is equipped with tackle 

 and lines specified in Chapter V., and that he 

 has a supply also of live minnows with him. 

 The elaborate tin-cans for holding minnows are 

 quite unnecessary so far as loch-fishing is con- 

 cerned ; any ordinary vessel will do well enough 

 for a day, provided the water is changed now 

 and again. In trolling, two rods will be found 

 ample. They should be placed at right angles 

 to the boat, the " thowl-pin," or, if there is not 

 one near enough the stern, anything (a cheap 

 gimlet answers admirably) fixed into the gun- 

 wale, being sufficient to keep the rod in posi- 

 tion, so that the spinners, of whatever kind 

 they may be, will be as far apart from each 

 other as possible. Take care that the butts of 

 the rods are well at the bottom of the boat, as 

 we have seen a rod not sufficiently fixed go 

 overboard before now. A main point in trolling 

 is to have plenty of line out. There should 

 never be less than thirty yards out from one 



