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ANGLING IN SALT WATER. 



looped. By means of a baiting-needle tlie loop of gimp is 

 inserted at the vent of the bait, and drawn out at its mouth, 

 and the triangle pulled up close to the belly. Sand-eels 

 and small eels are usually trailed after the boat on two 

 hooks, mounted one above the other (Fig. 25). They are, how- 

 ever, more deadly when spinning. A Chapman spinner without 

 lead, with small fans, and only two triangles, should be used as 

 a flight for the purpose (Figs. 26 and 27).* A lobworm is some- 

 times used as a spinning bait on the double hook tackle (Fig. 28). 



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Fig. 25. Sand-eel on Ordinary 

 Trailing Tackle. 



Fig. 26. Chapman 

 Spinner for 

 Sand-eels. 



Fig. 27. Sand-eel 

 ON Chapman 

 Spinner. 



The worm is threaded up the big hook until its head comes up 

 to the small hook, which, if eyed, is easily fastened, by a knot, 

 in its place on the gut. The small hook is caught in the 

 head of the worm, which then spins very well. Exactly 

 similar tackle is used for trailing a small conger or fresh- 

 water eel. Half an eel, on a Chapman spinner, is a very 



* The Archer spinner, a new form of Chapman, illusfcrated in "Angling for 

 Pike," is also very good. 



