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v/ay, is called a hrijlled Hook^ and will keep 

 the Bait cither from flipping totally off, or 

 from Aiding back into the Bent of the Hook, 

 by which means your whipping would be left 

 naked : To remedy which, when it fo falls 

 out, fome always whip the Hook they defign 

 for this Bait with the whiteft Horfe-hair, 

 which itfelf will fhine like the Bait,and confe- 

 quently do more good, or lefs harm, than whip- 

 ping with Silk, or Hair of any other Colour, 

 Thusufed, it is an excellent Bait for a Tr^^//, 

 Salmon S?nelt^ or Grayling, You may, if you 

 pleafe, place a fmall flender Lead upon the 

 Shank of the Hook, to fink the Bait, and 

 draw the Cod-bait over the Lead. You may 

 alio angle with a Cod-bait as with a Bub-fly\ 

 if you put on the very Top of the Shank of 

 the Hook, a Pair of artificial Wings, and a 

 little below, a Briftle, to keep up the Bait 

 from flipping back. 



There are fome that prepare, for "Trouts and 

 Salmon Smelts^ an Artificial Cod-bait^ by mak- 

 ing the Body of yellow Bees-wax, and the 

 Head of black Dubbing and black Silk : Or, 

 you may do it by making the Body of yellow 

 Wafli-leather, or rather Shammy, or Stufi^, 

 and the Head of black Silk. 



Others make the Counterfeit Cod-bait of yel- 

 low Bees-wax, with an artificial black dubb'd 

 Head, and a Pair of Wings at the Head, and 

 angle with it as at the Dub-fly. If you imi- 

 tate the Cod-bait artificially, it is an incompa- 

 rable Bait for Trcuts and Salmon Smelts, Thefe 



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