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mium at the World’s Fair in Paris, and the beauty of its 
make surpasses any spinning bait that I have seen. A small 
brass swivel connects the gimp snell with the line. 
BUEL’S PATENT FEATHERED TROLL.—No, 3. 
Among the many efforts at making captivating metal trolls, 
the one with a piece of silver, in the oval or fish-form, revolv- 
ing at the head of the shank of the hook, proved, from the 
year it was invented, the most successful; and, when the ad- 
dition of feathers was introduced, I trolled with it at the 
Thousand Islands, Rice Lake, and on other waters, always 
with great satisfaction. 
The hooks should be heavy and well tempered. M‘TIarg’s 
troll was very popular at the Thousand Islands, chiefly be- 
cause it was made with a pair of hooks; but he tells me that 
recently trollers prefer a cluster of three hooks. Mr, Clerk 
says the same. It is a great mistake, because large fish crush 
a cluster of hooks and disgorge them. 
The feathers which I found the most taking were the red 
ibis. The best troll that I ever used for maskinongé is a red 
ibis feather for the top of the troll, and a small tuft of white 
hair from a deer’s tail for the under side. The white hair 
from a deer’s tail is brilliant in the water, and it disguises the 
point of the hook, while the attractive red feathers extend 
back of the bend of the hook from the top of the shank. I 
prefer, also, plain brass trolls, trolls of silver for one side and 
of copper for the other, and trolls of pure silver. The troll 
for maskinongé should be oval in shape, and from two and a 
half to three inches long, playing round from a shoulder on 
the shank of the hook. The hooks should be next to the lar- 
gest size represented on the plate of implements for taking 
striped bass. 
SPINNING-TACKLE FOR LIVE BAITS. 
The three desiderata in spinning rigs for trolling with and 
playing live bait are, Ist, the strength and applicability of 
