TREBLE HOOK, [k<2. 185 



Treble Hook, Five Hooks, and Spring Snap. 



To fit this treble hook, take two hooks that are 

 made on one shank, and about half way up the shank 

 tie a smaller size hook, a No. 7 or 8. fSee the hooks, in 

 the Cut above. J Now tie the whole to about nine 

 inches of gimp, with a loop at the end, and all is 

 ready to be baited ; having a live-bait-fish, enter the 

 small hook beneath its back fin, (avoid touching the 

 back bone,) and bring the point and barb out on the 

 other side j the two large hooks will then lie close 

 to the side of the bait. fSee the Cut above,) Some 

 Anglers add two more hooks to the three above de- 

 scribed, by tying two hooks made on one shank to 

 the other on which the three hooks are tied, so as to 

 aUow the hooks to hang down the other side of the 

 bait-fish 5 other Anglers tie four single hooks. No. ^ 

 size, to four pieces of gimp, each piece about an 

 inch long ; then tie those four short pieces to about 

 nine inches of very stout gimp, and in the middle of 



