202 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
This arrangement is the simplest possible—such as 
any schoolboy could manage without difficulty at the 
first trial. Yet simple as it is (and for that reason only, 
valuable) it will be found practically to make the whole 
difference in the convenience and efficiency of a Trolling 
bait. 
The precise bend of the hooks used for gorge-fishing 
is of comparatively little consequence, although the 
neatest is perhaps that shown in the engraving, fig. 3. 
The one essential is that their points should stand suff- 
ciently owt from the sides of the bait’s head—the barbs 
pointing upwards—to insure hooking, and yet not so 
far as to be unsightly or catch in the weeds, 
TRACE FOR GORGE HOOKS. 
No link of gimp, separate from the trace, is required 
in this arrangement ; as the trace, which should consist 
simply of about four feet or so of fine stained gimp, can 
be looped on to any hook in the manner shown in the 
engraving (fig. 1, B). Szzvels also are merely encum- 
brances. When a fresh bait is to be put on the hooks, 
the gimp should be unhitched at its junction with the 
running line. The simplest and most efficient fastening 
for this and all other traces and casting lines, is shown 
in figure I (A). 
WORKING THE GORGE BalIT. 
The word “troll,” taken as explained by its derivatives, 
