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that when a Jack or Pike seizes the bait he may not feel 

 them. Hooks double as above described, of various sizes, 

 are kept ready for sale at all the principal fishing tackle 

 shops, 



The reader will notice that the gimp and shank of the 

 hooks is to lay under the skin of the bait-fish, and there- 

 fore be careful to carry the baiting-needle cautiously, so 

 as not to wound the bait's flesh, and it will feel very little 

 inconvenience from the operation, but will swim nearly as 

 strong in the water with the hooks attached to it as without. 

 Observe, by casting in and drawing out a bait so hook'd 

 several times, the skin of the bait-fish is apt to strip 

 downwards, and in consequence the hooks loose their 

 proper place; to prevent which, I use a No. 10 hook tied 

 to about an inch of gut, with a loop to the end of it, 

 pass the loop over the gimp that is tied to the double 

 hook, and bring it to the bends of them, now when the 

 hook is baited, take hold of the small hook and run the 

 point and barb into the bait-fish's under lip ; this prevents 

 the skin from stripping down, as before alluded to, and 

 the bait remains also much livelier, and tempting to a 

 Jack or Pike. 



This method of baiting hooks is a most killing way in 

 Live-Bait Fishing, and to be preferred to every other. 

 .Again observe the cut to illustrate this description. Note. 

 When the double hook above described is used, the sizes 



