142 SPINNING-TACKLE. 



as any I have seen described by others, and I unhesi- 

 tatingly ignore most of those fanciful contrivances which 

 we see paraded in the sporting periodicals of the day. 



FIQ. 17. MINNOW-SPINNING TACKLE. 



The above set consists of a large round-bend min- 

 now-hook, of Phillips and Adlington's make, &, whipped 

 to a length of stout gut, upon which the lip-hook, c (a 

 No. 2 or 3 round-bend fly-hook), is also whipped about 

 half an inch from the end of the large hook, and at 

 right angles with its plane (the shank of this hook 

 should be shortened). To another piece of gut about 

 one inch in length, a small-sized bait-hook, &, is whipped ; 

 this is attached by a sliding loop to the gut length of 

 the large hook, in which a permanent knot must be cast 

 at e, to retain the hook "b midway between the other two 

 when all is drawn taut, d Is a bead lead which slips 

 down upon the bend of the lip-hook c, and lies con- 

 cealed in the minnow's mouth. 



To apply this arrangement to the bait, draw the bead 

 lead and the loop of the hook I back from the knot e, 

 and insert the large hook into the mouth of the minnow, 

 and bring its point out at the middle of the tail fin, 

 allowing a sufficient portion of the tail to remain re- 

 curved upon the hook to cause it to spin properly. Little 



