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loosen the line, and act in every way the same as described 

 for the dead bait gorge. 



There is another method of taking Jack, both with a lire 

 and dead bait, termed 



Snap Fishing. 



Out of about twenty different sorts of snap hooks, I am 

 puzzled to find more than three worth recording, which I 

 will endeavour to describe sufficiently clear for an inex- 

 perienced hand to act by. The first in merit is made after 

 this fashion; take four No. 4 hooks, tie them to two pieces 

 of fine twisted wire, each about three inches long, one at 

 each end ; then double them in the centre ; now take a 

 foot of gimp, to one end make a loop, the other you must 

 put through the two bent wires, as well as through a gut 

 loop, to which a No. 6 hook is tied; turn it up, and bind 

 it fast round ; when done it will appear thus : 



To bait this put the small hook through the back of the 

 fish, just under the fin; let two of the hooks hang down 

 on each side, one pointing towards the head, the other 

 towards the tail ; it is used in every other respect the same 

 as the last, except in this case you strike immediately a 

 fish bites, and get him on shore as quick as possible. Your 

 bag rod is not strong enough for this purpose ; some people 

 who fish with a snap hook have a rod made on purpose, 

 strong enough to lift a fish out the moment he is hooked. 



The next snap I shall describe is used with a dead bait, 

 and without a float, similar to the first gorge hook. Here 

 you take a piece of gimp about a foot long, with a loop at 

 one end ; at the other tie a No. 4 hook; two inches higher 

 up fix to the same gimp another hook, No. 2; that done, 



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