TACKLE POR SPINNING AND TROLLING. 



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change to, all that has to be done is to slip off one of the linked leads 

 and substitute another of less length or weight, or, in fact, do without it 

 entirely. Again, it is possible that the double hook does not quite satis- 

 factorily fit the head of the bait ; of course, simi- 

 larly in such case, all that is necessary to do is 

 to replace the hook with another of more suitable 

 size. The other advantage of the arrangement is 

 that it is flexible without conducing to the de- 

 terioration of the bait. I do not believe in heavy 

 weights, and therefore would not use a gorge hook 

 quite so large even as the one before us, but in 

 any case it accommodates itself to the pike's 

 mouth much more readily than the "Fennell" 

 does, and having tested it against that make I 

 assert, unhesitatingly, that it is vastly superior. 

 It is now sold by Gregory, of Vyse- street, Bir- 

 mingham, though some specimens were made by 

 Alfred, of Moorgate-street, and may have possibly 

 been seen there by some of my readers. 



The most approved fashion of keeping the bait 

 in its place is that which I have used for sixteen 

 years, and which is certainly not of Fennell' s 



FIG. 60. TIE FOR GOUGE BAIT. 



FIG. 59. IMPROVED 

 GORGE HOOK. 



sole invention, though he takes so much credit to 

 himself for it. The annexed figure (Fig. 60) 

 shows it. 



The following (Fig. 61) shows it in the tail of the bait. After bringing 

 the line out at the tail, the baiting needle is thrust through the vertebra 

 of the fish, and then brought 

 round and through the loop 

 made and drawn tight, and 

 the fish is as secure as it is 



possible to make it. 



There is a smaller gorge 

 hook which can be made for 

 trout and perch. It con- 

 sists of only a single hook armed with lead and a minnow for bait. 

 About half a minute is given in which for the fish to pouch. 



FIG. 61. TIB in gitu. 



