]>liAl> SNAP, 



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Dead Snap, with one Hook. 



To bait this snap, take a long-shanked No. 1 hook, 

 and tie it to about twelve inches of strong gimp ; then 

 fix the baiting needle to the loop of the gimp 3 enter 

 the point of the needle just below the end on the side 

 of the back fin of the dead bait-fish, carrying it care- 

 fully just beneath the skin ; bring it out about a quar- 

 ter of an inch before you reach the gill, then enter the 

 ' needle under the gill of the bait-fish, and bring it out 

 of the mouth ; draw the gimp after until the bend point 

 and barb of the hook lay on the bait, as represented in 

 the cut ; now take a bead-drop lead, such as described 

 in baiting a snap with four hooks in page 188, pass it 

 over the loop of the gimp to which the hook is tied, 

 and place it inside the mouth of the bait-fish, and sew 

 the said mouth up, and all is ready to fix to the trol- 

 ling line. — Note. The lead is placed in the mouth of 

 the bait to add to its weight, which enables the An- 

 gler to cast his bait with more certainty to any parti- 

 cular spot, the gimp to which the hook is tied being 

 directed to lay only just under the skin of the bait- 

 fish ; so that when the Angler feels a bite and strikes, 

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