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SPINNING AND BAIT FISHING FOR 

 SALMON AND TROUT. 



I TAKE up the subject of fishing for the various species of 

 Salmonidce, nilgratory and non-migratory, at the point where 

 it has been left by Major Traherne, Mr. H. R. Francis, Mr. 

 H. S. Hall, and Mr. F. M. Halford — namely, where fly fishing 

 ends and bait fishing begins. In the term ' bait fishing ' I 

 include everything except fishing with the artificial fly, and 

 embrace spinning as well as shrimp and worm fishing. 



For convenience of reference I shall divide these subjects 

 into their * specific * variations as follows : 



Spinning for salmon. 



Worm fishing for salmon and bull trout. 



The prawn or ' shrimp bait ' for salmon. 



Spinning for lake trout. 



Stream minnow spinning for brown trout. 



Worm fishing for brown trout. 



Creeper, and stone-fly fishing, wasp-grubs, &c. 



The subject of Thames trout fishing is treated of in a 

 separate article from the pen of Mr. H. R. Francis {vide 

 Volume II.), in whose references to grayling fishing (p. 318, 

 Volume I ) will also be found some additional notes on bait 

 fishing for grayling with the gentle and artificial grasshopper. 



SPINNING FOR SALMON. 



All minnow spinning for salmon, whether in lake or river, 

 is in my experience very much a matter of locality. That is to 



