A Device For Fooling The Fish

A fishing decoy, invented by Wllliatn R. Lamb, of East Greenwlch, Ís intondcd to inducce the Ilsh to bite more re.idily than at a hook as ordinarlly ibated. A patent on this deVlce has been allowed. A circular or oval mlrror s attached to a line by a ring to tlie frame oï the glass. A short horizontal a raí is carried out from the frame at the polnt where the ring Ie attached, the arm extending a short distance in front of the KiiiTor; i't has at its outer end a ring to rcceivc a branch line, llic upp r eucl of wliicli is made fast to the maln l'.nc. Tlie short line Is secured lo the ring in the end of the arm vhere it passes through it to serve as a stay to the arm -vhen it is is strained by pulling in a ïish. The hook is tied to the end of the branch line so as to hang opposite the center oí the mirror. The mirror takes the place o.' a stoker, and with its lower cdge just touching the bottom, the least pull on the branch line will be feit by the liand at the upper end oí tlie taut main V.ne. In tliis positlon the flsh, on approaching the balt, tees nis reilection in the mirror also coming ïor tlue reflection of the bait, and, It is claimed, In eonsequenee oí. his ignorance of mlrrors, will be made bolder by supposed companionshlp and more eager to bite the bait before the other fish can seizo it. Losing caution, lne will bite with á ness that will mcrease nis cuadra mght by the hook. ïhe reflectkm : li-ht Irom the mirror in the water wül hare in some degree the effect of a lighted torch in some kinds oï fishing- attracting fish to the balt -and the ltght reilected by the mirror upon the balt will make it more conspicuous. The mirror may be made in two . ■[ Becured al an angle to each as to have the effect of having t-wo or more renections of the melish, and it may be made doublé go a.s to reflect on the back and front, or in the form of a triangle or square with a mirror on each i=ide and arm, ■-itli hook and bait before each reilecting surface ; also in the forni of a cross, which will produce a