204 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



This arrangement is the simplest possible — such as 

 any schoolboy could manage without difficulty at the 

 first trial. Yet simple as it is (and for that reason only, 

 valuable) it will be found practically to make the whole . 

 difference in the convenience and efficiency of a Trolling 

 bait. 



The precise bend of the hooks used for gorge-fishing 

 is of comparatively little consequence, although the 

 neatest is perhaps that shown in the engraving, fig. 3. 

 The one essential is that their points should stand suffi- 

 ciently out from the sides of the bait's head — the barbs 

 pointing upwards — to insure hooking, and yet not so 

 far as to be unsightly or catch in the weeds. 



Trace for Gorge Hooks. 



No link of gimp, separate from the trace, is required 

 in this arrangement ; as the trace, which should consist 

 simply of about four feet or so of fine stained gimp, can 

 be looped on to any hook in the manner shown in the 

 engraving (fig. i, B). Swivels also are merely encum- 

 brances. When a fresh bait is to be put on the hooks, 

 the gimp should be unhitched at its junction with the 

 running line. The simplest and most efficient fastening 

 for this and all other traces and casting lines, is shown 

 in figure i (A). 



Working the Gorge Bait. 

 The word " troll," taken as explained by its derivatives, 



