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ticular spot, the gimp to which the hook is tied being 

 directed to lay only just under the skin of the bait-fish, 

 so that when the angler feels a bite, and strikes, the gimp 

 then rips away, and enables the hook to fix firmly into 

 either the Jack or Pike ; but if it is carelessly placed 

 too deep, when you strike, the hook gets fixed or nearly 

 buried in the body of the bait instead of the Jack, &c. 

 therefore recollect in baiting for the snap, where the 

 hooks lay outside the bait-fish, that they are so placed as 

 to easily clear themselves, so as they may get firm hold 

 *f the prey. 



Barb or Spear Hook. 



The shank of this hook is loaded with lead : one end 

 of it is like a dart or harpoon, the other end a single 

 hook. Introduce the barb or dart end, into the bait's 

 mouth, and bring it out near the tail ', the lead is then in 

 the bait's belly, and the hook just within its mouth, which 

 must be sewed up with some white thread- I have noticed 

 this hook and given a cut of it, merely because they are 

 become scarce, the hook being generally rejected by all 

 experienced trollers of the present day as not worth notice. 



