CONTENTS. 



Leas killing than spinning 



Should always be available in addition to spinning 

 Special necessity for keeping out of sight 



CHAPTER V. 



SPINNING FOR MAHSEER. 



Live bait versus dead bait 



Importance of keeping out of sight .... 

 Weight, size, and advantages of spoon bait 



Phantom minnow 



Spinning with dead fish . . . . 



Modes of baiting with dead fish 



Fine tackle desirable... 



Sort of fish for bait . . . 



Best size for bait . . . . . . 



Large fish deter small fish from anticipating them . 



Good fisherman generally kills better fish than an indifferent fisher 



man . 



Large fish wary , . . 



Fish able to communicate ideas to each other . 

 Fiah think and have brains .... 



Examples of birds, boasts, and insects, communicating ideas, and 



the analogy to be drawn therefrom in favor of fishes 

 Salt preferred to Bpirits for preservation of bait 



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CHAPTER. VI. 



HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE, TO FISH. 



Spinning against and across stream 76 



Habits of small fish ... 77 



Velocity at which to spin 78 



Object of bait revolving on its own axis 79 



