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the fins should be cut oflF except the pectoral on the outer side of the 

 curve, which will cause it to spin more certainly. 



Some persons use a second hook-length with three No. 7 hooks tied 

 back to back triangularly, not entered in the bait, but sufiered to play 

 loosely around it ; but I see no advantage in the addition. 



With any of these baits, with the art to boot, and a clear eye, a 

 steady nerve and true hand, anywhere almost eastward of the Kenne- 

 bec, and thence northward to the grand St. Lawrence, the adventurous 

 fisherman is certain of such sport, as, once tried, makes all other fishing 

 for ever more stale, weary, and unprofitable. 



