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ANGLING FOE PIKE. 



it, the single hook which goes through the back of the fish was 

 immovable, and instead of the peculiar triangle on the shoulder 

 of the bait, with one hook reversed (see Fig. 23), an ordinary 

 triangle was used, above which was a large roach-hook (bound 

 on the gimp the reverse way to the other hooks), which was 



Fig. 22. The Author's Snap Tackle. (The dotted line shows the position of 

 the triangle on the other side of bait). 



inserted in the shoulder of the bait. I thought this tackle 

 was perfection, because the first day I tried it, out of twelve runs, 

 eleven fish were secured ; and a few days later, out of ten runs, 



all the fish were landed — i.e., in all 

 twenty-one fish resulted from twenty- 

 two runs. The reasons why the tackle 

 was so successful were simply these : 

 The bait had hooks on both sides of it, 

 so that, from whichever side the jack 

 approached, he was almost certain 

 to have one triangle brought in con- 

 tact with the lower jaw and tongue 

 (there is next to nothing for a 

 hook to take hold of in the upper 

 part of a jack's mouth); and the capture was rendered 

 doubly sure by reason of one triangle being near the bait's 



Fig. 



23. Improved Triangle 

 FOR Snap- tackle. 



