BAITING HOOK, &C. 183 



Fig. 2. 



Double and Treble Hooks for Live-bait Fishing. 



Provide two hooks, either brazed together or made 

 on one shank, tied to about eight or nine inches 

 of gimp, with a loop at the end of the gimp } or 

 you may tie two single hooks back to back on a 

 piece of gimp, instead of the double ones ; then take 

 a baiting needle, and hook the curve end into thfe 

 loop of the gimp j now enter the point of the baiting 

 needle just under the skin of the live-bait-fish, close 

 to the gills, guiding it upwards, and bring it out close 

 to the back, at the extremity of the back fin, and 

 draw the gimp after till the bend of the hooks are 

 brought to the place where the needle entered, and all 

 is ready to fix the troUing line. fSee the last Cut.J 

 — ^Note. Use hooks of such a size that the points and 

 barbs do not project over the belly or shoulder of the 

 bait-fish, unless you intend tliem as a snap, fsee Live- 

 hait-fishing, Chap. IX.J that when a Jack or Pike seizes 

 the bait he may not feel them. Hooks double as 



