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rarely escapes under proper management. The 

 snap-tackle may consist of a single hook, large 

 and stout, which, being fastened to strong gimp, 

 is inserted at the mouth of a gudgeon or other 

 small fish, and brought out either at the middle 

 of its side, or just before the vent. The treble 

 snap is by far the best, being made of three such 

 hooks tied back to back fast together, and secured 

 to a piece of gimp; which being inserted by 

 means of a baiting-needle at the vent, and carried 

 out at the mouth, which is closed by a lip-hook, 

 the three hooks being spread into different di- 

 rections, it is a thousand to one that the jack is 

 hooked.' 



You can make a double snap in the same way. 

 Tie two good-sized hooks back to back; have a 

 sliding lip-hook on your trace. With a baiting- 

 needle carry the trace in at the vent and out at 

 the mouth, and draw until the bends of the hooks 

 are arrested at the vent. Fasten the lips together 

 by inserting through them the lip-hook. This 

 tackle, with the others mentioned, except the 

 spring-snap, is very easily made, and very fit for 

 those parts of rivers in which there are obstruc- 

 tions to the convenient practice of trolling with 

 the gorge-hook, or spinning. Where there are 

 confined holes, waters with piles, weeds, and roots, 

 the snap-bait with short line and rod can be easily 



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