PLAN OF BAITING HOOKS. 



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When the fisherman is taking up the Lang-ref, and 

 that the fish on the hooks are too heavy to be lifted out 

 of the water by the line itself, he gets them on board 

 by the aid of the Kltipp, or gaff (Fig. 1), or by that 

 of the Vittje-hqf (Fig. 2), which is neither more nor less 

 than a landing-net. 



PLAN OF BAITING HOOKS. 



The baits used for the Lang-ref are generally small fish, 

 and in preference such as are alive. They are attached to 

 the hook in various ways, which, without particular descrip- 

 tion, will be readily understood by the accompanying draw- 

 ings, A, B, c. 



Trimmers, or night-lines, were also much used in my 

 vicinity for the capture of pike, &c. ; and although differing 

 somewhat in their nature, they were all in principle the 

 same. But trimmers, similar to those we have in England, 

 and which we are accustomed to start adrift in lakes, to 

 be wafted to the opposite shore "Soldiers," as the late 



