28 SPOON-BAITS [PART I, 
piece left hanging loosely from it, will be found, 
when kept in motion, very attractive to Lythe, 
Cuddies, &e. 
The spoon-baits are, I believe, very good for 
Jack,—and Trout may also be killed with them. I 
have not, however, used them much myself, having 
rather a preference for the other descriptions that 
I have mentioned. A friend of mine tells me he 
has found that a drop or two of red sealing-wax 
dropped inside the spoons, makes them more 
enticing. It was, I think, M*Gowan, the fishing- 
tackle maker in Bruton-street, (in whom, by the 
way, from his practical knowledge of the subject, 
confidence may be placed in matters connected 
with Salmon and Sea Trout fishing,) who told me 
he knew of a case where a gentleman’s valet in 
Scotland, one day when all the gentlemen of the 
party had gone down to the river for Salmon, him- 
self went out on a lake adjoining the house, trail- 
ing a spoon-bait, and surprised them, on their 
return with empty creels, by exhibiting two clean 
Salmon which he had caught there with it. 
It will be well worth the while of any one who 
may be going on a fishing excursion where there 
are pieces of water stocked with Jack, to put up, 
with his fishing-tackle, two or three of the India- 
