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SALMON AND TROUT- 



In choosing leads for baiting with the loach the thinnest 

 should have the preference, as the little fish has not a very 



capacious 'gape,' and if the 

 leads are too thick they are 

 apt to split the jaws. The 

 length of the lead will also 

 vary slightly as the bait is 

 longer or shorter ; with the 

 ' Dee ' flight one inch, 'cap' 

 included, would be about 

 correct for a loach of 3 

 inches. For a long slender 

 bait of 3 1 inches, a slightly 

 longer lead — say i^ in. —is 

 desirable. Small baits are 

 preferable to large ones in 

 lake trout spinning ; indeed, 

 I think the bait can hardly 

 be too small if it spins 

 really well, and, as observed, 

 a 4-inch trout should be the 

 maximum size. When from 

 necessity or other cause baits 

 over 5 inches are used, a 

 small-sized ' Pennell-Brom- 

 ley ' flight, described in 

 Vol. 11. for Pike-spinning, 

 can be adopted, and from 

 the arrangement and posi- 

 tion of the hooks on the bait 

 will be found well adapted to spinning for Salmonidce. 



The mode of constructing the trace for this latter tackle is 



projecting. It then becomes a comparatively easy matter with a quick eye and 

 a steady stroke to transfix him with the trident and transfer him to the bait 

 basket. The loach has the very ostrich-like habit of conceiving its body to be 

 hidden whenever its head is, and thus facilitates materially the operations for 

 its capture. 



• PENNELL-BROMLEY FLIGHT. 



