192 THE TROLLER S GUIDE. 



hooks are tied 5 draw all close to the bait's tail, and tie 

 them very fast with waxed silk round the Fish, just 

 above the tail, and all is now complete to fasten on to 

 your line; in this case, if you wish or think proper to 

 strengthen your tackle, tie those two hooks to gimp 

 of the same length as that to which the gorge is 

 tied, and fasten both loops together with the trolling 

 line or trace. 



The superiority of this method of using a snap con- 

 sists in all the hooks laying close to the bait, and also 

 in the gimp and line coming from the tail instead of) 

 from the mouth or back, which is very material, for i 

 hooks so placed will allow the bait to appear more 

 like a live Fish swimming or spinning about in the 

 water, than if it be hooked by the back fin or side -, in 1 

 which case, much of the hooks are exposed, the gim{||i 

 sticks up, &c. CSee the Cut above.) Over the bait-fish l 

 are represented the two hooks, with the short piece of i 

 gut, and below the bait-fish the gorge hook, and in 

 the middle the bait-fish, with the hooks properly 

 placed in it. — ^Note, I always carry some double hooks 

 tied to short pieces of gimp, when I troll with a gorge, 

 because, when I find Jack will move and seize my bait 

 but will not pouch it, I put on those back hooks and 

 convert my gorge to a snap, which is done with little i 

 trouble or loss of time 3 and, of course, when my bait 

 is so altered, I strike immediately I feel a run; for the 

 Angler will find, during his practice, that after many 

 hours' trolling, and several runs, if he cannot get a Fish 

 to pouch, a snap is then his only resource. 



