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THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



take another piece of gimp, four inches long, tie a small 

 loop at one end, and to the other two hooks, the same as 

 just described. To bait this, put the loop of the short 

 gimp in at the gill and out of the mouth of the bait; then 

 put the loop of the long gimp in at the other gill and out 

 of the mouth, passing it through the loop of the short one, 

 which you may drawback into-the mouth of the fish, by 

 laying hold of the hooks attached to the short gimp, while 

 you pull the other length through; now slip a bead or 

 chain lead (which is a bit of lead fixed to a short chain) 

 down the gimp, and into the mouth of the fish, which you 

 must sew up tight, and it is complete. For fear of a 

 mistake, this cut will explain : 



The one shows the tackle out of the bait, the other in. 

 It is as well to stick the points of your hooks in the sides 

 of the bait, to prevent their catching the weeds; the last 

 Pike I saw taken with this snap, had three hooks out of 

 the four fast in his jaws. 



A good common dead snap may be made as follows: 

 tie two No. 3 hooks, and one No. 6, back to back, on a 

 piece of gimp, the small hook level with the top of the 

 shanks of the large ones, thus: 



