BAITS 



And now to take the baits seriatim. The list is long, and 

 it is to be hoped some will always be available. 



Bacon Skin. This is by no means 

 a bad bait for bass and pollack, either 

 for whiffing or casting, and may be 

 cut out of either a thin-skinned piece 

 of bacon or salt pork. It should be 

 soaked and scraped. No fat should 

 adhere to it. Either a triangular 

 piece three or four inches long and 

 an inch wide at the base should be 

 used, or else a narrow strip half an 

 inch wide and three or four inches 

 long, slightly rounded at the end next 

 the hook and brought to a tapering 

 point, where it should be scraped 

 thin and split. If the triangular 

 piece is used, insert the hook at the 

 apex of the triangle. I prefer when 

 using simply a strip of skin to insert 

 the hook at the thick end, to bring the 

 bait up to the top of the shank, and 

 then bind round above the eye, or 

 flatted end of the hook. 



A capital imitation of a small 

 squid or cuttle can be made out of a 

 piece of semi-transparent pork-skin. 

 The illustration renders an explanation 

 almost unnecessary, but I may say 

 that the piece of skin provided for the 

 artist was somewhat over-adorned with 

 bristles. It should be well scraped before being cut to shape, 

 and more than two feelers or tentacles can be hung on the hook 



BACON-SKIN BAIT TO 

 IMITATE A SMALL 

 SQUID OR CUTTLE 



