TRACES, SWIVELS, &c. 29 



rainy day, at home. In the summer months when the 

 waters get low and bright, from a continuance of dry 

 weather, I hare found when I used traces fitted with twist- 

 ed gut, instead of gimp and hooks also tied to twisted 

 gut, that I have killed more Jack and Pike, either when, 

 trolling with the gorge, or when live-bait fishing, than I 

 could if I used gimp; this you are to observe is only 

 during the summer, when Jack and Pike are not much on 

 the feed and the water very bright, they then seem slry- 

 of coarse tackle ; but not so in winter and spring, for then 

 they are well on the feed, and the water generally some* 

 what discoloured, at which time and seasons, I believe 

 Jack and Pike would take a baited hook, if it was tied to 

 deaths line or rope. Those anglers who object to the 

 trouble of fitting up or using traces, may certainly kill 

 both Jack and Pike without them, by simply fixing their 

 baited hook-link to the trolling line, either with looping or 

 by a draw bow knot. The angler who uses the knot should 

 be careful and examine his line frequently, because the 

 drawing and undrawing the said knot soon injures the line, 

 and at that part where much strength is wanted, therefore 

 a few inches must be cut off the line before it is too much 

 used, or the angler will probably lose a Jack or Pike 

 with hooks, gimp, &c. Swivels* and traces enables the 

 troller to cause his bait to have a twirling or spinning mo- 

 tion, which frequently stimulates a Jack or Pike to strike 

 at it, and the play of the swivels also eases the stress 

 on the rod while you are killing a heavy fish. Note. 



