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then enter the baiting needle in the vent and out of the 

 mouth of the bait, drawing the three hooks close to the 

 vent, just behind which, hook the small one tight in; this 

 will keep the other two in their places ; then slip a chain 

 lead down the gimp, place it in the mouth of the fish, 

 which you must sew up (see the cut) ; some tie a small 

 hook, to stick in the bait, at the back of a good large 

 double Eel hook, which answers nearly as well. There 

 are many other snaps, but so inferior to those described, 

 that I should have no faith in them if those before men- 

 tioned fail. 



Observe, in Snap-fishing, your bait should be larger 

 than for the gorge hooks, and when you use a live bait, 

 put it on carefully the moment you are going to use it, as 

 so much depends on it being fresh and lively ; you must 

 carry them in a kettle made for that purpose (see p. 39), 

 and change their water occasionally. 



Here is a spring snap-hook, that opens 

 when you hook a fish, but does not answer 

 so well as the first snap treated of. It was 

 formerly much used, but is now, I think 

 justly, falling into disrepute. I have men- 

 tioned it out of respect to the opinion of a 

 few old Anglers, who still use them. 



The next and last plan of taking Pike that I shall here 

 treat of, is 



Trimmer Fishing. 



Here you have a round piece of cork, above an inch 

 thick, with a very deep groove cut round the edge for the 

 cord line to be wound on ; through the centre of the flat 

 side there is a stick or peg fixed, with a notch in it, to 

 hang the line in (this is called the man-of-rcar Trim- 

 mer} : one side of the cork is red, the other white. Now 

 to bait this, use the same means as described for Live-bait 

 Fishing. A foot above this have a lead or bullet, with a 

 hole through it, to keep the bait down; this lead should 

 have a large shot pinched tight on the line, to keep it 



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