SNAP-FISHING. 



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the first 5 this way does not look so neat certainly as 

 the above described ; but that is of little consequence, 

 for snap-fishing, altogether, depends more on the 

 strength of arm and tackle than on skill or science. 



Dead Snap, with a Gorge Hook and Double Hook. 



To bait this snap, first introduce the gorge into the 

 bait's mouth, the leaded part laying in its belly ex- 

 actly as when you intend trolling with a gorge hook, 

 (see Gorge Hook baitedj. Then take a double hook. No. 

 4 or 5, which must be tied to a piece of gimp about 

 three inches long, with a small loop at the end 3 now 

 take your baiting needle and enter the point of it in 

 the bait's back just where the back fin is, (but note, 

 it is the best way to cut off the said fin and every 

 Other fin,) and bring it out at the tail 3 having first put 

 the loop of the gimp to which the hooks are tied 

 through the curve or eye of the baiting needle, draw 

 the loop out at the tail of the bait, the hooks will then 

 lay close over the bait's back, one on each side. After 

 you have placed the hooks properly, take the loop end 

 of the gimp to which the gorge hook is tied, and pass 

 it through the loop of the gimp to which the other 



