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is tied, and pass it through the loop of the gimp to which 

 the other Jiooks are tied, draw all close to the bait's tail, 

 and tie them very fast with waxed silk round the fish, 

 just above the tail, and all is now complete to fasten on 

 to your line. 



The superiority of this method of using a snap consists 

 in all the hooks laying close to the bait, and also in the 

 gimp and line coming from the tail instead of from the 

 mouth or back, which is very material, for hooks so placed 

 will allow the bait to appear more like a live fish swim- 

 ming or spinning about in the water, than if it is hooked 

 by the back fin or side, in which case much of the hooks 

 are exposed, the gimp sticks up, &c. (see the cut above) 

 over the bait-fish is represented the two hooks with the 

 short piece of gut, and below the bait-fish the gorge hook, 

 and in the middle the bait-fish with the hooks properly 

 placed in it. Note. I always carry some double hooks 

 tied to short pieces of gimp when I troll with a gorge, 

 because when I find Jack will move and seize my bait 

 but will not pouch it, I put on those back hooks and 

 convert my gorge to a snap, which is done with little 

 trouble or loss of time ; and of course when my bait is 

 so altered, I strike immediately I feel a run, for the angler 

 will find, during his practice, that after many hours troll- 

 ing, and several runs, he cannot get a fish to pouch, a 

 snap is then his only resource. 

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