Chapt. v. Baiting on one Treble E \\< 



line between these two stitches. The two ends of the thread will 

 then be over at the chin of the bait; draw them together jusl 

 gently enough to avoid tearing the bait, and yet tightly enough to 

 keep the mouth well closed. lie a sailor's knot, no* "a granny'' 

 or grandmother's knot> and cut off the ends. Do not use white 

 thread for this, because it will Bhow, but stout black thread double, 

 or any dark coloured knitting silk double, say brown for preference. 

 Your bait is then ready for use. 



This may seem a long, troublesome, ami fidgetty process, but it 

 should not occupy as long in the doing as it does in the describing, 

 and if you have an attendant with you, he can always lie preparing 

 a bait for you while you are fishing, and whenever your bait is 



Ll by a fish, or by long or rough usage, you can at once change 

 it for a fresh one, by using the double loop recommended in the 

 chapter on tackle, in the manner there suggested. This change 

 can be effected in about ten seconds, or may be less, and the 

 soiled bait left for the attendant to remove from the hook and 

 replace by another fresh one. 



1 1 you have not got a treble hook, a single bare salmon hook 

 can be used very well for this purpose, the hook being pulled into 

 the vent after the line shank foremost, till the fish is well down 

 .11 to the bend of the hook, ami there is really little more than 

 the point showing. A No. 4/0, 5/0, or 6/0 Limerick hook will do 

 very well for this purpose. 



The only objection I have heard made to this mode of baiting 

 is that the bait is apt to bend too much by draggling down on to 

 the hook, because there is nothing in the line to give it rigidity 

 and keep it straight. But I have not found this myself it' care is 

 taken not to embed the hook further away from the head than 

 the vent hole, and if it be a fault it is one that is easily remedied 

 by inserting the baiting needle not at the anus, but a trifle nearer to 

 the laad. In Bucb case insert it not in the stomach, which is liable 

 to tear away, but in firm flesh half-way up the side, and take 



lie baiting needle, not simply under the skin, but through 

 a good piece of flesh so as to give a bold, and also embed one of 

 the hooks thoroughly well into the aide till the other two lie. quite 



Hat against it. Pass the baiting n lie out of the mouth and 



proceed as before. This for objectors, but I prefer the use of the 

 \eiit huh' as it tears less, and is in my opinion nut at all too far 



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