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on pike fishing), about eighteen inches from each other, 

 the bottom swivel to be eighteen inches above the lead. 

 Into each of these swivels a stiff bit of gut, somewhat 

 thicker than the main line, is firmly whipped in such a 

 manner that they stiqk out at right angles; a bit of gut 

 about five inches long for each will do very well. On one 

 of these bits of gut a single round bend hook is whipped on 

 the extreme end for worms or similar baits; some anglers 

 only use a single hook for minnows, but I don't consider 

 it hardly sufficient. I like a tiny treble, one of the smallest 

 that is made whipped on the end, and a moveable lip hook 

 several sizes larger, say a No. 8 single, above it. In baiting 

 a minnow or tiny gudgeon, the moveable lip hook is put 

 through both lips of the bait, and the tiny treble is stuck 

 fair into the root of the tail, just where the flesh ends and 

 the tail fin begins. By having the lip hook moveable, it 

 can be adjusted to suit any sized bait. In using a small fish 

 on a single hook baited through both lips, you are obliged 

 to give a perch time to get it well into his mouth, or you 

 will fail to hook him. A perch generally seizes his prey 

 by the tail, and so by having a treble fixed there you can 

 safely tighten on him, as soon as you feel the first pluck. 

 Don't use a large treble that looks so awkward and clumsy 

 against the bait's tail, but get the smallest you can; you 

 may lose one or two runs by failing to hook firmly with 

 the little hook, but then, on the other hand, you get more 

 bites. I like one hook for minnows on my paternoster, and 

 the other for worms; the bottom one, in my opinion, is 

 the best for the former, and the top one for the latter. The 

 lead on the end of the paternoster should be no larger than 

 you can comfortably swing out, say fifteen yards on the 

 fine line you are using, and should be worked or dropped 

 into every available space in which you think a perch is 

 lurking ; if the place is open water and fairly deep, swing 

 the lead and baits out as far as you can and allow it to 

 touch the bottom, pause a few seconds, and then raise the 

 rod point, winding in a foot of line, and so on until you 

 have searched all the water between the furthest extent of 

 your cast and the rod point But whatever you do, don't 

 let the baits go down too deep, only let the lead rest on 



