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    Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout
    Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout
    Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout
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    Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout

    By H. Cholmondelay-Pennell

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    This book offers the reader a comprehensive guide to fishing for trout and salmon using bait and the 'spinning' technique. Written in simple, clear language and full of helpful tips, “Spinning And Bait Fishing For Salmon And Trout” will be of considerable utility to fishermen, especially those with little previous experience. Contents include: “A Short History of Fishing”, “Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout”, “Worm Fishing for Salmon and Bull Trout”, “The Prawn or 'Shrimp Bait' for Salmon”, “Spinning for Lake Trout”, “Stream Minnow-Spinning for Brown Trout”, “Worm Fishing for Brown Trout”, “'Creeper' and Stone-Fly Fishing and Wasp-Grubs”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 30, 2011
    ISBN9781446548585
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      Spinning and Bait Fishing for Salmon and Trout - H. Cholmondelay-Pennell

      SPINNING AND BAIT FISHING FOR

      SALMON AND TROUT.

      I take up the subject of fishing for the various species of Salmonidæ, migratory and non-migratory, at the point where it has been left by Major Traherne, Mr. H. R. Francis, and Mr. H. S. Hall in their able articles—namely, where fly fishing ends and bait fishing begins. In the term ‘bait fishing’ I include everything except fishing with the artificial fly, and embrace spinning as well as shrimp and worm fishing.

      For convenience of reference I shall divide these subjects into their ‘specific’ variations as follows;

      Spinning for salmon.

      Worm fishing for salmon and bull trout.

      The prawn or ‘shrimp bait’ for salmon.

      Spinning for lake trout.

      Stream minnow spinning for brown trout.

      Worm fishing for brown trout.

      Creeper, and stone-fly fishing, wasp grubs, &c.

      The subject of Thames trout fishing is treated of in a separate article from the pen of Mr. H. R. Francis, in whose references to grayling fishing will also be found some additional notes on bait fishing for grayling with the gentle and artificial grasshopper.

      SPINNING FOR SALMON.

      All minnow spinning for salmon, whether in lake or river, is in my experience very much a matter of locality. That is to say, in other words, that it is only in certain rivers and lakes in which the spinning bait can be used with any probability of success. For example, on the Clare-Galway river, which debouches into Loch Corrib, when there is a little freshet on in September or October the spinning eel-tail is considered the most attractive bait On the Tweed, again, the real minnow, spun as I am about to describe, is most deadly, though, unfortunately for the spinner, not allowed, I believe, to be used. On the Aberdeenshire Dee, again, where it is permitted, the minnow is exceedingly effective, whilst on other waters, as, for example, on the Awe and Lochy, two of the most celebrated salmon rivers of Scotland, it is of no earthly use, and the minnow spinner might, for all practical purposes, as well fling his hat in. Still, as I have said, there are some salmon waters, and those good ones, where the spun minnow is an exceedingly deadly bait, and a few hints as to tackle and the best mode of using it, may, therefore, not be unacceptable.

      With regard to the eel-tail bait, to which I have already alluded, this is best made from the last 3 or 4 inches of the tail of an eel 11 to 14 inches long; and the best way to apply it is as follows;

      Skin the said eel¹ downwards to the 3- or 4-inch point alluded to. Cut the body off there, together with a small piece of the spine bone below the level Then pass a large salmon hook in at the orifice, and run it down the middle of the tail (until the shank is entirely embedded in the fish) bringing the point out about one and a half inches from the end of the tail, so as to make the bait follow the curve of the hook. Now tie the loose skin tightly and closely round with a piece of waxed silk just over the top of the hook shank; then turn it downwards towards the end of the tail, and cut it off all round at a point about an inch from the last-named lapping. Now sew the rough edge of the turned-over skin carefully down with Holland thread, or, perhaps, better, red sewing silk, and the bait is complete.

      I have found it convenient, in order to make sure of the bait not slipping down over the hook, to put a small pierced shot above the top of the latter on the trace. The first tying of the eel skin being made above this pierced shot makes it impossible for it to slip down. If the bait is nicely made in the proportions that I have described it ought to spin excellently well on any ordinary spinning trace, which should, of course, consist of salmon gut. The inside colour of the eel skin is blue, and this, so far as the turned-over portion is concerned, becomes the outside on the bait, forming a very good head, It also, of course, materially increases the durability of the bait.

      Mr. Hughes, the well-known fisherman of Galway, who was a great proficient in this mode of spinning, was in the habit of keeping the eel for three or four weeks in plenty of dry coarse, salt before making up the bait. He was of opinion that it rendered the skin both tougher and bluer. If this salting process is gone through it should be soaked for some hours in fresh water before being baited with in order to make it plumper and better filled out. The eel-tail

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