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similar to that already described, but substituting for the 
swivel-compeller a fixed underhung lead—pipe-shaped perhaps 
best—five or six feet above the bait. The weight of the 
lead must of course vary according to circumstances. One of 
the best, at any rate so far as shape is concerned, is that 
shown in the cut, with a set of double swivels attached, but 
the latter are figured unnecessarily large. 
LEAD AND SWIVELS COMBINED. (Farlow.) 
In all lake spinning the best plan, nineteen times out of 
twenty, is to trail the bait behind the boat, and the farther 
off, within reason, the better. On getting a ‘run’ the fish 
ought to be at once sharply struck, and the boat almost 
stopped. 
In artificial baits of all sorts I personally have not a very 
robust belief. As, however, natural baits cannot- always be 
obtained, and as other fishermen’s experiences perhaps differ 
from mine, I may mention one or two of the artificial baits 
which seem to possess special recommendations. 
First, there is the time-honoured ‘ phantom minnow,’ both 
blue and brown, which has many admirers, and after that 
follows an army of less known nondescripts of all kinds, 
‘ Archimedians,’ ‘water witches,’ ‘mermaids,’ ‘ Halcyon spin- 
ners,’ ‘Premier spinners,’ ‘Excelsior spinners,’ ‘Cleopatra 
baits,’ ‘quill minnows,’ ‘ Archimedian minnows,’ and spoon 
baits, plain, fluted, twisted, and of every conceivable variety 
and pattern. Lach or all of these may or may not be good ; 
unfortunately the life of any one fisherman is too short to give 
even a fraction of them a fair trial, and in selecting his artificial 
baits, every spinner will, perhaps, be wise to follow his own 
particular fancies. 
