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THE TROIXER S GUIDE. 



or across the middle, in .such case his teeth seldom comes 

 in contact with the lead, and he then, without fear, 

 retires to his haunt and soon pouches the whole. 



Having described the nature of a gorge hook, we will 

 now instruct the reader how to bait the same. Notice the 

 cut beneath this. 



No. 1, GORGE HOOK BAITED. 

 No. 2, GORGE HOOK. 

 No. 3, BAITING NEEDLE. 





To bait the gorge hook take a baiting needle, and hook 

 the curved end of it to the loop of the gimp, (to which 

 the hook is tied) then introduce the point of the needle 

 into a dead bait's mouth and bring it out at the middle 

 of the fork of its tail, the lead will then lie hid inside the 

 bait's belly, and the shank of the hooks will be inside its 

 mouth, the barbs and points outside and turning upwards. 

 Now to keep the bait steady on the hooks, tie the tail-part 

 of it, just above the fork, to the gimp with white thread, 

 iilk or cotton; but if a needle and thread is passed 



