208 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
Angler,” of which an engraving, reduced to 4th the 
actual size, is appended. 
Even this, however, ought rather, perhaps, to be de- 
scribed as the least faulty, than as the most 
complete of the patterns which have been 
published. Baited thus: the single lip-hook 
is passed through the upper lip of the bait, 
and the small hook of the triangle is fixed 
into the skin near the back-fin. From this it results that 
the bait is suspended in a most unnatural position in the 
water, standing in fact on its tail, except at the moments 
when it rights itself by a muscular effort. The effect is, 
of course, that it cannot “travel” properly, and instead 
of roving about freely in every direction, is confined to a 
comparatively small space, having moreover a constant 
tendency to rise to the surface rather than to remain 
swimming at mid-water. Of minor imperfections it may 
be observed that any hooking of the lips is always objec- 
tionable, as it tends, by interfering with the functions 
of respiration, to shorten the existence and lessen the 
vitality of the bait, and this is one reason why all live- 
bait tackles which consist only of a single lip-hook are 
bad. 
What is wanted in a live-bait tackle is— 
(1) That the hooks should be suspended in a position 
in which they will be most certain to strike when the 
bait lies crosswise in a Pike’s mouth ; (2) that the lips of 
the bait should not be interfered with in any way ; and 
