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sized hooks, from number 10 up to number 5. I do this 

 to be provided for different sized bait-fish. I use the whole 

 gut length, of round, smooth, cream-colored gut, with the 

 superfluous ends cut off, and the measurements of the one in 

 the cut are as follows: 



"A to B, one and one-eighth inches; B to C, one and one- 

 quarter inches; C to D, a single lip-hook, one and three- 

 eighths inches; D to E, five and one-half inches. The 

 treble hooks are number 8, and the lip-hook number 6, all 

 round-wire O'Shaughnessy's. 



"An excellent lip-hook for the latter gang is made so that 

 it will move on the gut, thus enabling the angler to fit min- 

 nows of various sizes to one gang. The hook is fashioned by 

 soldering two small loops of brass wire to the back of the 

 shank of the lip hook, one at the extreme end, the other 

 where the hook begins to bend sharply. Or, what is better, 

 make the loops by whipping on to the hook's shank a piece 

 of doubled gut, the two ends of the gut coming together 

 under the whipping. Before the swivel is fastened on, put 

 the end of the gang gut through the lower loop, then around 

 the shank of the hook, and then through the other loop. 

 The lip-hook will move up and down on the gut. Always soak 

 the gut before moving the hook. 



"The bait is fastened on by first killing the minnow, or 

 golden shiner, and putting the lip-hook through both lips of 

 the minnow; then bend the bait and put one of the treble 

 hooks into the back of the fish near the dorsal, and another 

 near the caudal. A Trout almost always strikes a fish toward 

 the tail. The baited gang should revolve slowly, with a motion 

 as though the minnows were crippled. Practice will teach 

 one the proper bend to produce the proper motion. 



"The bait most generally used, and considered the best, is 

 the golden shiner, or bream, particularly for deep trolling, 

 as its burnished scales can be seen for a great distance in 

 clear water. For surface trolling, suckers, chubs, dace, and 



