HOOK DESCRIBED. 



CHAP. II. 

 The Gorge Hook, and how to bait it. 



THE gorge hook consists of two, or what is called a 

 double eel hook; to the shank of this hook is fastened 

 about two or three inches of brass wire twisted, the end 

 of which forms a loop, to this loop about nine inches 

 of gimp is tied, the other end of the gimp is turned 

 and tied into a loop, to be ready to loop on the trolling 

 line, either to a swivel or by a slip or loop knot. 



To make this hook sink, or of a sufficient weight to bo 

 cast to any distance, the shank of the hook and part of 

 the brass wire is neatly covered w r ith lead, some of a long 

 octagon shape, others of a round or barrel form, (I prefer 

 the latter) and I also remove about a third of the lead from 

 the brass of those hooks which I find kept ready for sale 

 at the fishing-tackle shops, because I have found, when 

 the lead lays nearly the whole length of the bait-fish, 

 and especially if a Bleak or thin Roach, that when the Jack 

 strikes it, his teeth pierces through the flesh and touches 

 Ihe lead he then immediatly drops the bait; now by 

 removing a part of the lead as above directed, the re- 

 mainder the angler will find to be sufficient for sinking, &c. 

 his. bait, and it will lay at the bottom of the throat or only 

 a little lower, and as Jack generally seize their prey by 



